| Edition |
First Edition. |
| Description |
354 pages ; 24 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Summary |
"In the turbulent final years of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Meng is a low-level bureaucrat, employed by the government of Mongol conquerors established by the Kublai Khan. He is also an extraordinarily gifted artist: in his paintings, one can see the wind blowing through the trees, the water rushing through rocky valleys, the infinite expanse of China's natural beauty. But this is not a time for sitting still, and as The Ten Thousand Things unfolds, we follow Wang as he travels through an empire in turmoil. In his wanderings, he encounters, among many memorable characters, other master painters of the period, a fierce female warrior known as the White Tigress who will recruit him as a military strategist, and an ugly young Buddhist monk who rises from beggary to extraordinary heights"--Dust jacket. |
| Subject |
Artists -- Fiction.
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Art, Chinese -- Fiction.
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China -- History -- Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368 -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Epic fiction.
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| Added Title |
10 thousand things |
| ISBN |
9781468308327 (hardback) |
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1468308327 (hardback) |
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