Liao-chai, a collection of stories originally compiled by Pu Sung-ling, is the Chinese equivalent of the Grimm Brothers’ work. The Painted Wall contains 23 of the tales—most no longer than five ...

I think it’s one of those fairy tales without a moral lesson. What made an impression on me, reading it as a young child and ...

Zipes might argue that its truth stems from an engagement with its conditions of origin. As he has persuasively shown, both in his most recent book and in many previous ones, the tales reflect the ...