by Jingzi Wu · SEIX BARRAL: BIBLIOTECA BREVE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432206443
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«Los mandarines» is the classic Chinese novel by Wu Jingzi, published by Seix Barral in 1991 in paperback (589 pages, in Spanish).
Written in the 18th century, this satirical novel follows a varied group of characters from imperial China: scholars, officials and aspirants to official posts. With irony, Wu Jingzi portrays the customs, ambitions and contradictions of that society, thus composing a fresco of life in the China of his time.
Subtitled History of the Scholars' Grove. Edition from the Biblioteca Breve collection, with translation and notes by Laureano Ramírez; original Chinese: Rulin waishi (1750).
For readers of classic novels and Chinese narrative, as well as for those seeking a satirical period read.
