“I shall clasp my hands together and bow to the corners of the world “My surname is Lu and my personal name is Yu, but I am not to be confused with the eminent author of The Classic of Tea. My family is quite undistinguished, and since I am the tenth of my father’s sons …
Tag: Barry Hughart
Aug 17 2019
Barry Hughart, 1934–2019
- By Doug Merrill in Doug, Fabulous Ones, Fantasy
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August 17, 2019
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Mar 15 2015
Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
- By Doug Merrill in Doug, Fabulous Ones, Fantasy, Mythology
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March 15, 2015
Delight, verve, brio, glee, panache, all of these are in Barry Hughart’s Bridge of Birds, the first of three books in the chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, set in what he calls “an ancient China that never was.” Here is how it starts: I shall clasp my hands together and bow to …
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Mar 02 2015
Number Ten Ox
- By Doug Merrill in Doug, Excerpt, Fabulous Ones, Fantasy
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March 2, 2015
I shall clasp my hands together and bow to the corners of the world My surname is Lu and my personal name is Yu, but I am not to be confused with the eminent author of The Classic of Tea. My family is quite undistinguished, and since I am the tenth of my father’s sons …
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