Jin Yong’s LEGEND OF THE CONDOR HEROES Lands English-Translated U.S. & U.K. Novel Releases
It’s likely that we’ll learn in maybe a year or so what will become of Tsui Hark’s recently reported move on upcoming wuxia adaptation, Return Of The Condor Heroes. Assuredly it will further appeal to fans per the popularity phenomenon of wuxia movies in Western markets and ‘Condors’ author, Louis Cha (a.k.a. Jin Yong) isn’t stopping there. In fact, booklovers out in European and North American territory can look forward to an English translation of Yong’s first book, The Legend Of The Condor Heroes, in 2018 according to China Mosaic. The original novel was published in 1957 as the first of a trilogy that led to an expansion into comic books as well as various television adaptations to date, including Shanghai Media Group’s Dragon TV earlier this year. Guo Jing is the main character of the story. In his early life, he travelled around to learn various martial arts with […]
