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The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox ( Bridge of Birds, The Story of the Stone & Eight Skilled ...

2 reviews
Barry Hughart

The Stars Our Destination, 1998

Great Book for Everyone
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox by Barry Hughart is a work of sheer outlandish fiction. It is a beast of a book at 652 pages long and is not for the faint of literary heart, but once you finish the book, you realize how much you really loved it and wanted more. This book fulfill the axiom of "you don't know what you have until it is gone". The use of cliffhangers made this plot ...

Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was

167 reviews
Barry Hughart

Del Rey, 1985

It's called Fantasy for a reason
I first read this book about 20 years ago. I read the two reviews that gave it only one star because I was curious why their reaction was so different from mine. After reading the two reviews, I believe I understand the problem. It's called Fantasy for a reason. It's not Literature, and it's not a History of ancient china. Barry Hughart taught me that ancient wise men don't see ...

BRIDGE OF BIRDS
BARRY HUGHART

CORGI, 1986

Eight Skilled Gentlemen

17 reviews
Barry Hughart

Broadway, 1990

If only there were more
This is the last book released by Mr. Hughart. It was supposed to be the third in a series of seven, but due to compensation differences, he elected not to continue writing. It's a darn shame because his novels of a China that never was are truly wonderful. The third adventure of Master Li and Number Ten Ox involves murder, mayhem, and magic aplenty, with lots of Chinese literary references ...

La légende de la pierre
Barry Hughart, Parick Marcel

Denoël, 2001

Story of the Stone, The

14 reviews
Barry Hughart

Spectra, 1989

The Second Best Book You've Never Read
This is Hughart's second book, and the second Master Li and Number Ten Ox adventure. And while this book doesn't have quite the sheer delight of the first, "Bridge of Birds," it is still a wonderful adventure set in the same mythical China. And this novel confirms what you suspected after "Bridge of Birds" - Hughart is no fluke. Chinese peasant Number Ten Ox, Master Li's client in the first ...

The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox
Barry Hughart

Subterranean, 2008

An omnibus containing the three Master Li and Number Ten Ox novels: BRIDGE OF BIRDS, THE STORY OF THE STONE, and EIGHT SKILLED GENTLEMEN.

Der Stein des Himmels
Barry Hughart

Piper Verlag GmbH, 2004

La magnificence des oiseaux
Barry Hughart

Denoël, 2000

Huit honorables magiciens
Barry Hughart, patrick Marcel

Denoël, 2001

Die Insel der Mandarine
Barry Hughart

Piper Verlag GmbH, 2004

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