Friday, December 31, 2010

Dream Of The Red Chamber

'Dream Of The Red Chamber'  
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CHING/DREAM.HTM  , rendered into Spanish as  'Sueño en el Pabellón Rojo' is a two-volume (1250 pages each) Chinese classic I enjoyed reading for over three weeks.

It left such a deep feeling of pleasure in my soul that I couldn't help going on to another classic I had just bought, 'Jing Ping Mei'. It's another two-volume set, but don't worry, this one is shorter (only 2000 pages). I think I'll finish it in a couple of days ( http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s7134.html ).Then I'll take a short break to let it settle on my mind and will start another trove (to me), 'Journey To The West' ('Viaje al Oeste' in its Spanish translation) -  http://www.chine-informations.com/fichiers/jourwest.pdf  -   I'm sure its nearly 2300 pages will not be a problem.
Take your time, turn off your TV set, sit comfortably and enjoy yourself. Remember that some books may lead you a lot farther away than the Internet. And after all there's plenty of time for everything if we want.
Best Wishes.

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