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Reviewed on December 1, 2005
Gr 1-4 To soothe restless, traumatized street children sleeping at a shelter in Mexico City, Santamarí a recounts the early exploits of China's trickster hero, the Monkey King. He identifies a truncated narrative from the beginning chapters of Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West" only as a story retold by a series of wise men, starting on a -a day no one can remember, - without reference to its Chinese source. Dark, atmospheric paintings in oil on canvas portray the artist's simian hero with a b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More