Bibliograph

The monkey god, adapted by Jean David Morvan and Yann Le Gal, script; Jian Yi, art

Type

Label

The monkey god, adapted by Jean David Morvan and Yann Le Gal, script; Jian Yi, art

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The monkey god

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

870099195

Responsibility statement

adapted by Jean David Morvan and Yann Le Gal, script; Jian Yi, art

Series statement

Classics illustrated deluxe, 12

Summary

Excerpted from "Journey to the West," one of the Four Great Classic Novels in Chinese literature, comes the supernatural adventure story of the Monkey God. 500 years after being imprisoned by the Buddha, Sun Wukong, the Monkey God, has been freed. The Bodhisattva Guanyin (a Buddhist who has reached Enlightenment) is on a pilgrimage from China to India to retrieve an ancient Buddhist text, and has enlisted Sun Wukong to protect him on his journey in exchange for his freedom. Guanyin's safety on the journey will be under constant threat from bandits, demons, and other supernatural beings

Target audience

pre adolescent

Contributor

Creator