Three Kingdoms Chronicle: Gathering of Heroes in Pan Shui

Author: Na Duo
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: The Adventures of Na Duo in the Three Kingdoms is set against the historical backdrop of the Three Kingdoms period, with the history of the Three Kingdoms remaining unchanged, as well as the characters and related historical events. It even avoids the inclusion of items that do not match the era, and the writing style carries the flavor of storytelling reminiscent of ancient storytellers. Under such constraints, author Na Duo demonstrates his boundless imagination. In the super absurd Three Kingdoms he depicts, no one can guess what story will unfold next. The Adventures of Na Duo in the Three Kingdoms features 59 illustrations, making the book almost a "graphic novel." The illustrations blend traditional Chinese shadow puppet art and ink landscape styles, with some spanning even two pages. What makes The Adventures of Na Duo in the Three Kingdoms unique is that the text and illustrations are independent systems. Writing a novel is about creating a world in the author's imagination, but just as a person, no matter how sharp their senses, cannot see the entirety of that world, a novelist can only open a path to it with words. However, author Na Duo, through his method of creating paired text and illustrations, allows the novel and the images to have relative independence while simultaneously describing the same world, the same event, or even the same person from different perspectives, creating a distinctive world.