A Few Objects Upon My Desk: February 20 2004
Explore a curated snapshot from February 2004: a desk list featuring timeless books like The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Press and the classic fiction of Cheng'en Wu’s Monkey. Discover the intersection of 2004 reading, desk objects, and literary craft in this unique, keyword-rich collection.
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The Chicago Manual of Style
by University of Chicago. Press
Provides information on manuscript preparation, punctuation, spelling, quotations, captions, tables, abbreviations, references, bibliographies, notes, and indexes, with sections on journals and electronic media.
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Monkey
by Cheng'en Wu
Immensely popular in the Far East, combines elements of the of picaresque novel with folk epic in a mix of satire, allegory, and history in which Monkey encounters major and minor spirits, gods, demigods, demons, ogres, monsters, and fairies.
