Pu Songling Bücher

Chinesische Geistergeschichten sind immer auch Liebesgeschichten, denn alle Geister zieht es unwiderstehlich zum Menschen – um Liebe zu geben oder zu empfangen, um Glück zu suchen oder im Leid zu vergehen. Der Philosoph Martin Buber schrieb in seinem Vorwort, diese Geister seien ‘Wesen unseres Weltkreises, nur in einer tieferen, dunkleren Schicht geboren’. Genau das bestimmt die Magie dieser 16 Erzählungen von der Liebe zwischen Menschen und Dämonen. Sie sind dem reichen Erzählwerk des Dichters Pu Songling entnommen.

Sieben Personen, darunter der Gelehrte Pu Sung-Ling, verbringen eine Woche in einem abgelegenen Gasthof und erzählen sich unheimliche Geschichten. Inspiriert von den Erzählungen beschließt Pu, ähnliche Geschichten im ganzen Land zu sammeln.

"Strange Tales from the Liaozhai Studio," written by Pu Songling during the Qing Dynasty, features over 500 folk tales that blend the supernatural with reality, showcasing a vivid world of humans, ghosts, and monsters. Renowned for its satirical tone and imaginative storytelling, it is a significant work in Chinese literature, translated into many languages.

Long considered a masterpiece of the eerie and fantastic, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of supernatural-themed tales compiled from ancient Chinese folk stories by Songling Pu in the eighteenth century

'...revealing great shining fangs more than three inches long.' Some of the most macabre and wonderful of all Chinese stories, including 'The Golden Goblet', 'Scorched Moth the Daoist' and 'The Black Beast' Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Pu Songling (1640-1715). Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is available in Penguin Classics.

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