{"id":14398,"date":"2024-04-15T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14398"},"modified":"2024-04-15T13:18:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T18:18:30","slug":"m-is-for-the-monkey-king-the-complete-odyssey-perilous-journey-to-the-west-by-chaiko-ya-graphic-novel-review-a2z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14398","title":{"rendered":"M is for THE MONKEY KING: THE COMPLETE ODYSSEY – perilous journey to the West! by Chaiko (YA Graphic Novel review) #A2Z"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clever and powerful Sun Wukong isn’t content to be king over the monkeys – he wants to live forever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After traveling far to learn the secret, he rejects the master’s teachings of humility, instead stealing immortal peaches and magical weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The great gods’ efforts to punish the now-indestructible Monkey King lead him to encounter the Amitbha Buddha, with dire results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Young Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang longs to help all those in need, so he is directed to find sacred sutras in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Bodhisattva Guanyin<\/a>‘s compassion, Tang meets the mischievous Monkey King who can protect him on the long, perilous journey to the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can Sun Wukong renounce his wickedness to help Tang on his pilgrimage?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The monk and scoundrel-hero are joined by a dragon-horse, a pig, and a sand-monk who want to atone for their own past sins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many adventures and battles with villains of the natural and supernatural worlds lie between our travelers and the object of their quest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Known widely as Journey to the West<\/em>, this adventurous saga<\/a> inspired by the travels of a Buddhist monk was written by Wu Cheng’En (Ruzhong) in China during the late 1500s and is considered a Classic Masterwork of Chinese literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where has your search for knowledge and peace taken you?
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Book info<\/strong>: The Monkey King: The Complete Odyssey \/ adapted and illustrated by Chaiko. Magnetic Press, 2023. [artist site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Full disclosure: Chaiko’s drawing style seemed very familiar to me and after reading the entire book, I realized why: I had backed the Kickstarter for publication of its English translation from French<\/a>! That PDF was still in my digital to-be-read folder when the beautiful full-color glossy paper 320 page edition recently arrived for review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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