The Deer and the Cauldron

The Deer and the Cauldron is Louis Cha’s last novel. This picaresque, historical romance feaures ＂Trinket＂, an irreverent and comic anti-hero unlike Cha’s more conventional, valorous protagonists. The Times Literary Supplement selected The Deer and the Cauldron as a 1998 International Book of the Year.

Louis Cha, John Minford

Louis Cha (Jin Yong) is the most widely read novelist in Chinese communities all over the world. His Martial Arts novels (wuxia genre) have been adapted for TV series, films, comic strips, and computer games. The Deer and the Cauldron English translation is authorized by him.

John Minford has translated several works of Chinese fiction and poetry into English including, with David Hawkes, the Penguin edition of the eighteenth-century classic novel, The Story of the Stone.