Il romanzo dei tre regni

i read this in high school and got beat up every day

There can be no equal. This is the book that makes all others pale in comparison. I'm forced to compare this book to Game of Thrones due to the popularity of the TV series, as its all my friends ask about when talking about this book. "How does it compare to Game of Thrones?" It doesn't. This is not hi Leggi tutto

Difficult to begin, but... This novel, one of the great classic Chinese novels, is one of the more difficult texts for readers. While some others, like Journey to the West or The Marshes of Mount Liang , are much more easily accessible and entertaining right from the beginning, a feeling of disorienta Leggi tutto

The historical novel recounts the kingdoms of Wu, Wei and Shu vying to dominate China proper after the fall of the Eastern Han dynasty. Approximate Territories of the Three Kingdoms (Image from Yu Ninjie) Not only are the heroic deeds memorable but the strategic up-onemanship among the kingdom reads Leggi tutto

I love this book. All the characters, despite the fact that there are so many, are unique, and every character plays a part. When I started reading this book in March (I finished in June) I was studying China in my sixth grade class (If you are in sixth grade you should probably only read it if you

Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written sometime around the 1400-1500’s (late Yuan to mid-Ming) and tells a dramatized version of the fall of the Han Dynasty and the three kingdoms period, spanning 168-280 A.D. over 2300+ pages. And it’s not an easy read, at least at first. The first several hundre Leggi tutto