Kai Lung Raises His voice is a collection of fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 stories by Ernest Bramah

Ernest Bramah

Ernest Bramah , born Ernest Brammah Smith, was an English author. He published 21 books and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works were ranked with Jerome K Jerome, and W.W. Jacobs, his detective stories with Conan Doyle, his politico-science fiction with H.G. Wells and his...

 featuring Kai Lung

Kai Lung

Kai Lung is a fictional character in a series of books by Ernest Bramah, consisting of The Wallet of Kai Lung , Kai Lung's Golden Hours , Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat , The Moon of Much Gladness , Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree , Kai Lung: Six and Kai Lung Raises His...

, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China

China

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. It was first published in 2010 in paperback and ebook in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 by Durrant Publishing, and is available world-wide.

The collection gathers into book form the final six Kai Lung stories published by the author during his lifetime, which first appeared in book form in Kai Lung: Six

Kai Lung: Six

Kai Lung: Six is a collection of fantasy stories by Ernest Bramah featuring Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China. It was first published as a limited edition of 250 copies in hardcover in Tacoma, Washington by The Non-Profit Press in 1974....

and which originally appeared in the magazine Punch

Punch (magazine)

Punch, or the London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 50s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration...

, together with the one Kai Lung story from The Specimen Case and four previously unpublished stories, originally written before 1905, and transcribed from the Bramah archives at the Harry Ransom Center by William Charlton.

Contents

• "Preface" (by William Charlton)
• "The Subtlety of Kang Chieng" (previously unpublished)
• "Ming Tseuen and the Emergency"
• "Lam-Hoo and the Reward of Merit"
• "Chung Pun and the Miraculous Peacocks"
• "Yeun Yang and the Empty Lo-Chee Crate"
• "Sing Tsung and the Exponent of Dark Magic"
• "Kwey Chao and the Grateful Song Bird"
• "Li Pao, Lucky Star and the Intruding Stranger"
• "The Cupidity of Ah Pak or Riches No Protection Against Thunderbolts" (previously unpublished)
• "The Romance of Kwang the Fruit Gatherer" (previously unpublished)
• "The Destiny of Cheng, the Son of Sha-kien of the Waste Expanses" (previously unpublished)

The ebook contains one additional story, an alternative version of "The Romance of Kwang the Fruit Gatherer":

• "The Emperor Who Meant Well" (previously unpublished)

Reviews

• Reviewed in The Tablet
  The Tablet
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  , 2 September 2010, by Anthony Lejeune, http://www.thetablet.co.uk/issue/1000223/booksandart#