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Barry Hughart's Master Li and Number Ten Ox

"'Okay!' I said to myself.  'This book is going to be about love.'  And so it is, and so are ones that followed."
— Barry Hughart, The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox


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Hughart's tales of "of an Ancient China That Never Was" are one of the earliest examples of Silk Roads Fantasy:

Image - Bridge of Birds by Cynthia Watts Clark

Illustration by Cynthia Watts Clark.


Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart, New York: St. Martin's, 1984, with dust jacket illustration by Cynthia Watts Clark (image served by NC State University Libraries).


Image - The Story of the Stone by Mark Harrison

Illustration by Mark Harrison.


The Story of the Stone, Barry Hughart, New York: Doubelday, 1988, with dust jacket illustration by Mark Harrison (image served by AbeBooks).


Image - Eight Skilled Gentlemen by Mark Harrison

Illustration by Mark Harrison.


Eight Skilled Gentlemen, Barry Hughart, New York: Doubleday, 1991, with dust jacket illustration by Mark Harrison (image served by Barry Hughart Bibliography).



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