Paper Swordsmen : Jin Yong and the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel
, by HAMM, JOHN CHRISTOPHERNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780824828950 | 082482895X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/1/2006
The martial arts novel is one of the most distinctive and widely-read forms of modern Chinese fiction. In Paper Swordsmen, John Christopher Hamm offers the first in-depth English-language study of this fascinating and influential genre, focusing on the work of its undisputed twentieth-century master, Jin Yong.