Fox Volant Of The Snowy Mountain (1996)

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Really enjoyed this three-novella collection. The first novella, and the title of the collection, 《雪山飞狐》 is an intricately-woven web of family feuding that goes back generations and comes to an unfulfilled climax on a snowy peak. Probably one of the more intriguing stories I've ever read. The second novella, 《鸳鸯刀》, was frankly confusing; perhaps it was intended to be tongue-in-cheek, but I simply didn't understand it. The third novella, 《白马啸西风》, is a story of love and revenge that takes place on the Central Asian grasslands. After being partially disappointed with Jin Yong's 《碧血剑》, this collection has reignited my desire to read the rest of his oeuvre.

To a Western audience largely unfamiliar with wuxia novels, Jin Yong's work is probably best described as being similar to Ang Lee's 2000 film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Suffice to say, if you liked "Crouching Tiger," you will probably like Jin Yong.Bear in mind, however, that reading Jin Yong without understanding Confucianism, Buddhism or Taoism is like reading C.S. Lewis without understanding Christianity, so it might be worthwhile to Wikipedia the basic tenets of those beliefs before starting the novel. Otherwise - you may get a good story, but that's all you're getting.

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