- Hardcover
- Publisher: Pan (1999)
- ASIN: B000W2NU3K
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This humble reviewer can not possibly do this book justice..,
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Bramah sure can spin a phrase. The book is a collection of stories told by Kai Lung, and as such is excellent. You are transported back into this fictional China, where introductions can take hours as the two people flatter each other & humble themselves endlessly. The stories are very amusing, but be forewarned; the language takes some time to read through & comprehend. Not a book to breeze through (but oh so rewarding when you do read it!)
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Truely great book,
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This review is from: Wallet of Kai Lung (Paperback)
The Kai Lung books have a nice dry humour, a beautifully way of turning a phrase and a concoluted way of using the english language. It is a China that never was but really ought to have been.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Great read,
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I love the over-the-top pseudo-chinese-classical style of Bramah's writing: "It is indeed unlikely that you could condescend to stop and listen to the foolish words of such an insignificant and altogether deformed person as myself. Nevertheless, if you could retard your elegant footsteps for a few moments, this exeedingly unprepossessing individual will endeavor to entertain you."If you don't like that style, you'll find it difficult to get past it to the entertaining and humorous stories of Kai Lung. The formatting could use some improvement (uneven margins on my iPhone, double line breaks for paragraphs), but it's not too bad.
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Tung Fel, Kin Yen, Chan Hung, Ping Siang, Fow Hou, Yung Chang, Lee Sing, Yat Huang, Chief of Bowmen, Yan-hi Pung, Sen Heng, Mandarin Li Keen, Knei Yang, Shan Tzu, Upper Air, Tieng Lin, Winged Dragons, Book of Verses, Yang Hu, Family Temple, Sacred Dragon, Five General Principles, Without Much Risk Assembly, Guarder of the Imperial Silkworms, After Death Browse Sample Pages:
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Tung Fel, Kin Yen, Chan Hung, Ping Siang, Fow Hou, Yung Chang, Lee Sing, Yat Huang, Chief of Bowmen, Yan-hi Pung, Sen Heng, Mandarin Li Keen, Knei Yang, Shan Tzu, Upper Air, Tieng Lin, Winged Dragons, Book of Verses, Yang Hu, Family Temple, Sacred Dragon, Five General Principles, Without Much Risk Assembly, Guarder of the Imperial Silkworms, After Death Browse Sample Pages:
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