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A few years ago, I read Monkey, Arthur Waley's 1942 condensed translation of the Chinese classic Journey to the West, in a literature class, and I enjoyed it a lot (I think UY fans would probably enjoy it). I'm interested in reading an unabridged (or at least more complete) version since Monkey leaves out a lot of stuff, including most of the second half of Journey to the West! There's a four-volume unabridged translation by Anthony Yu that seems to have received a generally favorable response. Would this be a good version for someone who liked Monkey but wants to read a more complete version of Journey to the West?

I noticed that there are a few other condensed translations of Journey to the West; has anyone read any of these? If there's a condensed version that serves as a somewhat more complete "good parts" version of Journey to the West, I would be open to reading that since the length of the unabridged Journey to the West seems a little bit daunting (an Amazon review of one unabridged version said that parts of it won't make much sense to anyone who isn't knowledgeable about Chinese culture, which would be a problem for me).

On a related note, I really wish that the tv series Monkey was available on DVD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iUMWy4hqAg

did you know about an type of opera or musical about Monkey Journey to the west made by the creators of Gorillaz Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett it looks aweasome they are going to make a presentation for the olimpics on beijin i really want to see it and wait they realese it on DVD!!!

you can actually see some part of it on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETtDvHcE ... re=related

Abayo,
Marchino

I'd like to see this.

I liked the animated short that Hewlitt and Albarn made for the BBC based on Monkey:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr5ZWYRaAyw

aaaaahhhhhh!!!! that video .....is aweasome !!!!!!! the animation is terrific (love saying that word ) i hope jamie and damon make more gorillaz videos and cds or a monkey cartoon!!! they make really good job

abayo,
Marchino