The Cloak of Dreams : : Chinese Fairy Tales / / Béla Balázs; ed. by Jack Zipes.
A man is changed into a flea and must bring his future parents together in order to become human again. A woman convinces a river god to cure her sick son, but the remedy has mixed consequences. A young man must choose whether to be close to his wife's soul or body. And two deaf mutes transcend...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oddly Modern Fairy Tales ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) :; 15 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Béla Balázs, the Homeless Wanderer, or, The Man Who Sought to Become One with the World
- A Note on the Mysterious Illustrator Mariette Lydis
- The Cloak of Dreams
- 1. The Cloak of Dreams
- 2. Li-Tai-Pe and the Thief
- 3. The Parasols
- 4. The Clumsy God
- 5. The Opium Smokers
- 6. The Flea
- 7. The Old Child
- 8. The Robbers of Divine Power
- 9. Li-Tai-Pe and Springtime
- 10. The Ancestors
- 11. The Moon Fish
- 12. The Friends
- 13. The Revenge of the Chestnut Tree
- 14. Tearful Gaze
- 15. The Clay Child
- 16. The Victor
- Appendix A. A Beautiful Book
- Appendix B. The Book of Wan Hu-Chen
- Bibliography