After spending over 2,000 pages with a trickster god, I find myself wondering what the appeal of the trickster god is. I don’t think I like tricksters. Clever underdogs, yes. Arrogant tricksters? Not so much. This post talks about my impressions after reading a complete translation (and a modern retelling) of the classic Chinese story … Continue reading Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en, translation by WJF Jenner