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A Past Unearthed Return Of The Condor Heroes Volume 1
A Past Unearthed Return Of The Condor Heroes Volume 1
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Description: THE Chinese " LORD OF THE Rings" - NOW IN English FOR THE First TIME. THE Series Every Chinese Reader HAS BEEN Enjoying FOR Decades - 300 Million Copies SOLD. " Jin Yong's work in the Chinese - speaking world has a cultural currency roughly equal to that of " Harry Potter" and " Star Wars" combined" New Yorker " If you haven't read Jin Yong's work you haven't yet fully experienced the fantasy genre" FOND a LEE CHIN a 1237 A. D. Genghis Khan is dead. The Mongolians led by the conqueror's third son Ogedai have vanquished the Jurchen Jin Empire and now turn their armies on their ally the Great Song Empire. A dozen years have passed since the second Contest of Mount Hua. A new generation of martial artists are vying for recognition in the jianghu but as the fall of their country looms closer the making of a hero depends on more than mere kung fu skills. A chance meeting with his father's sworn brother Guo Jing lifts Penance Yang from a life of vagrancy and initiates him into the martial world to which his parents Yang Kang and Mercy Mu once belonged. Placed under the care of the Quanzhen Sect at their base in the Zhongnan Mountains Penance stumbles across the mysterious history behind the founding of this most respected martial school and embarks on a journey during that forces him to come to terms with his family's past as well as secrets of his own heart. Translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang
Title: A Past Unearthed Return Of The Condor Heroes Volume 1
Author(s): Yong Jin
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Barcode: 9781529417531
Pages: 432 Pages
Publication Date: 8/13/2024
Series: Legends of the Condor Heroes
Category: Fiction In Translation
Description: THE Chinese " LORD OF THE Rings" - NOW IN English FOR THE First TIME. THE Series Every Chinese Reader HAS BEEN Enjoying FOR Decades - 300 Million Copies SOLD. " Jin Yong's work in the Chinese - speaking world has a cultural currency roughly equal to that of " Harry Potter" and " Star Wars" combined" New Yorker " If you haven't read Jin Yong's work you haven't yet fully experienced the fantasy genre" FOND a LEE CHIN a 1237 A. D. Genghis Khan is dead. The Mongolians led by the conqueror's third son Ogedai have vanquished the Jurchen Jin Empire and now turn their armies on their ally the Great Song Empire. A dozen years have passed since the second Contest of Mount Hua. A new generation of martial artists are vying for recognition in the jianghu but as the fall of their country looms closer the making of a hero depends on more than mere kung fu skills. A chance meeting with his father's sworn brother Guo Jing lifts Penance Yang from a life of vagrancy and initiates him into the martial world to which his parents Yang Kang and Mercy Mu once belonged. Placed under the care of the Quanzhen Sect at their base in the Zhongnan Mountains Penance stumbles across the mysterious history behind the founding of this most respected martial school and embarks on a journey during that forces him to come to terms with his family's past as well as secrets of his own heart. Translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang
Title: A Past Unearthed Return Of The Condor Heroes Volume 1
Author(s): Yong Jin
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Barcode: 9781529417531
Pages: 432 Pages
Publication Date: 8/13/2024
Series: Legends of the Condor Heroes
Category: Fiction In Translation