Bridge of Birds
category: fantasy, author:Barry Hughart
book 1 of Master Li and Number Ten Oxoriginal copyright 1984,
read in May 2011
Agamedes' opinion: 7 out of 10
Something different...
This is fantasy set in old China. Not in a post-apocalyptic, China now rules the world, reconstructed China. Nor an alternative, these aliens act Chinese China. But the "real" ancient China. The China of legend.
That said, perhaps the legends have been rewritten.
Did you ever watch Monkey? The TV series with the trouble-making monkey god, his companion Pigsie, others whose names escape me and the monk, who acts as Monkey's guide and conscience. Every episode a new adventure, a new villain. And many of the villains turned out to be demons.
Bridge of Birds is a bit like that: Over the top adventures with demonic enemies. Though without Monkey's terrible dubbing, thank goodness!
