Mustard seed itinerary
Mullen, Robert, 1944-2021
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All road lead to the celestial city, and when schoolmaster Po Cheng drinks too much and falls into a dream, he fnds himself on just such a road. Assisted by teaching colleague Miss Ling, Po Cheng reaches the imperial capital, rising up through the giddy ranks of the Chinese civil service to become Prime Minister. But what Heaven-and alcohol-hand out, they can also claw back. Trouble is brewing inside and outside the city walls, and Po Cheng's eminence means he must now take the rap and face consequences inevitable from the start. 'Mustard Seed Itinerary' is a brilliant frst novel by an important new voice, bringing to the formal conventions of traditional Chinese literature the wry humour of Carrollian satire.
Main title:
Mustard seed itinerary / Robert Mullen.
Author:
Mullen, Robert, 1944-, author
Imprint:
London : EnvelopeBooks, 2021.
Collation:
302 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781838172046 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
LC class:
PR6063
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2904072