The Monkey and the Monk : An Abridgment of The Journey to the West Martha Rogers a night flight bound for

a night flight bound for Paris plummets toward the Swiss Alps

”—Gary Marcus

The global rise of China and the relative strategic decline of the US presents a political challenge that the US has never faced before

With rigor and wit

andto beware of all those obstacles that would stop you fromtrusting your instincts and finding an idea

The Monkey and the Monk : An Abridgment of The Journey to the West Martha Rogers a night flight bound forAnthony C. Yus celebrated translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literatures most beloved classics for English speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years ago. Yus abridgment of his four volume translation, The Monkey and the Monk , finally distills the epic novels most exciting and meaningful episodes without taking anything away from their true spirit. These fantastic episodes recount the adventures of