8 rows · · The Ten Thousand Things is not unlike a beautiful Wang Meng landscape painting—full of intricate ISBN · The Ten Thousand Things by John Spurling | Editorial Reviews. NOOK Book (eBook) $ $ Save 25% Current price is $, Original price is $ You Save 25%. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. WANT A . "The Ten Thousand Things" is a wonderfully evocative, historical fiction novel about the world of Yuan dynasty ancient China, the life of protagonist literati painter Wang Meng (who is descended from the Song dynasty royal family through his mother), his family, friends, and acquaintances, as well as the rampant rebellions/political strife going on during the period of the fall of one historical period and the /5(24).
A review of The Ten Thousand Things, by John Spurling. This intricately wrought study of medieval Chinese scholar-artists is wonderfully well imagined. From magazine issue: 10 May The Ten Thousand Things is rich with exquisite observations, and John Spurling endows every description—every detail—with the precision and depth that the real-life Wang Meng brought to his painting. But it is also a novel of fated meetings, grand battles, and riveting drama, and in its seamless fusion of the epic and the intimate, it. The Ten Thousand Things is a historical novel by author and playwright John Spurling, based on life of 14th-century Chinese artist Wang Meng during the Yuan bltadwin.ru was published by Duckworth Overlook in and won the Walter Scott Prize in Spurling worked on the book for over fifteen years and in the process his work was rejected by 44 publishers.
The Ten Thousand Things by John Spurling | Editorial Reviews. NOOK Book (eBook) $ $ Save 25% Current price is $, Original price is $ You. The Ten Thousand Things is rich with exquisite observations, and John Spurling endows every description, every detail, with the precision and depth that the real-life Wang Meng brought to his painting. But it is also a novel of fated meetings, grand battles, and riveting drama, and in its seamless fusion of the epic and the intimate, it achieves a truly singular beauty. THE TEN THOUSAND THINGS. by John Spurling ‧ RELEASE DATE: Ap. With this richly told historical novel, English author Spurling (A Book of Liszts, , etc.) takes readers back to the China of seven centuries ago. Wang Meng is descended from an emperor yet is content to support himself and his wife with a minor bureaucratic post in the Yuan dynasty.
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