{"product_id":"monkey-penguin-classics","title":"Monkey","description":"\u003cp\u003eMonkey depicts the adventures of Prince Tripitaka, a young Buddhist priest on a dangerous pilgrimage to India to retrieve sacred scriptures accompanied by his three unruly disciples: the greedy pig creature Pipsy, the river monster Sandy – and Monkey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHatched from a stone egg and given the secrets of heaven and earth, the irrepressible trickster Monkey can ride on the clouds, become invisible and transform into other shapes – skills that prove very useful when the four travellers come up against the dragons, bandits, demons and evil wizards that threaten to prevent them in their quest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWu Ch’êng-ên wrote Monkey in the mid-sixteenth century, adding his own distinctive style to an ancient Chinese legend, and in so doing created a dazzling combination of nonsense with profundity, slapstick comedy with spiritual wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44427869126863,"sku":"9780140441116","price":21.8,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_cfafbd26-a127-4c48-94e8-1289957b1abb.jpg?v=1752753019","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/monkey-penguin-classics","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}