Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Guru Maharaja, you asked if I had read Journey to the West. I had not, but have started reading an abridged (~500 page) version called 'The Monkey and the Monk' by an author named Anthony C. Yu. His version seems to be the most widely recommended. I am currently reading it before Krishna Book before bed. I intend to read Mr. Yu's full translation once I have finished this abridged version.

I do not need a reply, but I wanted to answer your question.

Your servant,

Nityananda-rama dasa

HpS - Thank you! We got the full version on our Kindle reader. The introduction is super in terms of understanding Chinese religious history and current world view. It is long and we just got to the story. We read it before, maybe twice, over many years, but now our comprehension will be much deeprer.

Know your students!