The revolutionary writer and literary critic Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren, 1881-1936) is celebrated at home and abroad as one of the most groundbreaking and influential writers of modern China. A first-hand witness to China's social and political upheaval in the first half of the 20th century, he is remembered not only for his astute polemical essays and political articles but also for the short stories which explore the effects of contemporary social and cultural issues on the Chinese psyche.The stories in this collection are based on the 1955 compilation Lu Xun Xiao Shuo Ji, originally published in...
The revolutionary writer and literary critic Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren, 1881-1936) is celebrated at home and abroad as one of the most groundbreaking and in...
