The Deer & the Cauldron: The First Book

by Jin Yong

Book Overview

This is the first of a three-volume picaresque historical romance by China's best-loved author. It tells the story of Trinket, an irreverent and comic anti-hero, and his adventures through China over more than twenty years at the beginning of the Qing dynasty. The story spans vast territories, from desert islands to northern ice fields, from Peking and the Imperial Court to the sacred mountain of Wu-tai-shan to the legendary Shaolin Temple to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195903234
• ISBN13: 9780195903232
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.8"