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Bridge of Birds (The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox #1)

Barry Hughart

Paperback | Pages: 278 pages

Rating: 4.29 | 9384 Users | 1017 Reviews

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Title	:	Bridge of Birds (The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox #1)
Author	:	Barry Hughart
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 278 pages
Published	:	April 12th 1985 by Del Rey (first published April 1st 1984)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. China. Humor

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When the children of his village were struck with a mysterious illness, Number Ten Ox sought a wiseman to save them. He found master Li Kao, a scholar with a slight flaw in his character. Together, they set out to find the Great Root of Power, the only possible cure.

The quest led them to a host of truly memorable characters, multiple wonders, incredible adventures—and strange coincidences, which were really not coincidences at all. And it involved them in an ancient crime that still perturbed the serenity of Heaven. Simply and charmingly told, this is a wry tale, a sly tale, and a story of wisdom delightfully askew. Once read, its marvels and beauty will not easily fade from the mind.

The author claims that this is a novel of an ancient China that never was. But, oh…it should have been!

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Original Title:	Bridge of Birds
ISBN:	0345321383 (ISBN13: 9780345321381)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox #1
Literary Awards:	World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1985), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (1986)

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Ratings: 4.29 From 9384 Users | 1017 Reviews

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Wow. This book lives up to the hype. It is wonderful. Hughart takes the reader to a place and time that never truly was, but is wonderful and real. The book is wonderful, its brillant, its Chaucerian. Bridge of Birds has an controling quest, but it is told in three parts, each part forming part of the quest. While the story is told in fable form, the two central characters are never protrayed as simply types. Number Ten Ox is far deeper than he first seems, than even he himselfs think he is, and

3.5 stars. Best way I can think of to describe this book is that it is beautifully written "fable" set in China. It is clever, funny and very original. Recommended!!Winner: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (1986)Winner: World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1985)(tie)

Nothing on the face of this earthand I do mean nothingis half so dangerous as a childrens story that happens to be real, and you and I are wandering blindfolded through a myth devised by a maniac.Bridge of Birds opens on a pastoral setting, a remote unicorn-shaped village in the peaceful valley of Cho in ancient China. Narrated by Yu Lu, also known as Number Ten Ox (the tenth of his fathers sons and as strong as an ox), it begins with a promising silk season coming to an abrupt end. A plague

Second review: November 2017Gosh, has it really been 7 yearsnearly 8?since I read this? Feels like no time at all.Anyway, after not enjoying Who Fears Death, I was struck with a sudden craving (?) for this book. Just an urge to re-read it. I cant explain why. I just knew it would help.And it definitely did. I have little to add about the book itself in this second reviewmy first review stands. Ill say that I picked up on a lot more of the uh sexual stuff this time around. 20-year-old Ben was

For years people have been telling me how great this book is, and I can only conclude that they read it when it first came out in the '80s and forgot all the awful bits, 'cause it turns out the story is littered with sexism and outright misogyny.But, somebody is sure to say, isn't this a story of ancient China? Women's lib, not so big back then. That's true to some extent, though, as often the case with history, not to the extent we think. Furthermore, note the subtitle of the book -- "A Novel

"Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and again in order to maintain our sanity".At a party, a neighbor, unprompted thrust it into my hand saying, read this. Now as I teetered home downhill on my heels, slightly tipsy, I thought why, oh why did I get snookered into this. TWO YEARS LATERThis was wonderful, and I never should have doubted my friend. I also shouldn't have left it on the bookshelf for so long, only to be asked about it at every subsequent

I can't think of a book quite like this. BoB is a light-hearted Chinese fantasy that is refreshing and completely enjoyable. Hughart makes the folktales and legends of ancient China seem utterly commonplace and this lends to the surreality of the story. After reading a number of very serious books, I really needed a novel like this!