The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox (Hardcover)

from orangejulia

This is a compendium of three excellent books which take place in a historical China that didn't exactly exist. In the books, which are set in China's distant past, mythical creatures and deities rub elbows with peasants and Confucian scholars. The books are a combination of historical mystery, f...

from rexton

This omnibus edition comprises 1) Bridge of Birds, 2) The Story of the Stone, and 3)Eight Skilled Gentlemen. The first novel is one of the best fantasies I have read. The second is very, very good, and the third is well worth reading. It is a story about Master Li (a sage with a slight flaw in hi...

from librken

FANTASTIC! Ran into this book at an eclectic store in Spokane, WA, called Boo Radly's. It lived up to everything that the cover said about it.

from nsenger

"You Peking weaklings call these things flies?" he yelled. "Back in Soochow we have flies so big that we clip their wings, hitch them to plows, and use them for oxen!" It would be hard to find a more original fantasy series than The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox by Barry Hughart. Set ...

from orangejulia

This is a compendium of three excellent books which take place in a historical China that didn't exactly exist. In the books, which are set in China's distant past, mythical creatures and deities rub elbows with peasants and Confucian scholars. The books are a combination of historical mystery, f...