Outlaws of the Marsh Author:Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong, Sidney Shapiro (Translator) One of the the most famous and popular Chinese classics, The Outlaws of the Marsh has fascinated readers from all over the world for more than 600 years. It is a remarkable literary tour de force set in the last years of the Song Dynasty emperor Hui Zong which tells the splendid and delightful story of a group of men and women who bande... more »d together on a marsh-girt mountain and became leaders of a vast outlaw army who fought courageous and resourceful battles against the pompous, the heartless and the tyrannical.
This is an abridged edition, translated by Sidney Shapiro and retaining all the most famous and entertaining episodes from the original in all their excitement, pageant and glory.« less