| Author: | Lu Xun | ISBN: | 9781476774923 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster | Publication: | May 6, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lu Xun |
| ISBN: | 9781476774923 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Publication: | May 6, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Language: | English |
Call to Arms is a collection of revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun’s most famous and most important short stories. Featuring “A Madman’s Diary,” a scathing attack of traditional Confucian civilization and “The True Story of Ah Q,” a poignant satire about the hypocrisy of Chinese national character and the first work written entirely in the Chinese vernacular. Together this collection exposes a contradictory legacy of cosmopolitan independence, polemical fractiousness, and anxious patriotism that continues to resonate in Chinese intellectual life today.
Call to Arms is a collection of revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun’s most famous and most important short stories. Featuring “A Madman’s Diary,” a scathing attack of traditional Confucian civilization and “The True Story of Ah Q,” a poignant satire about the hypocrisy of Chinese national character and the first work written entirely in the Chinese vernacular. Together this collection exposes a contradictory legacy of cosmopolitan independence, polemical fractiousness, and anxious patriotism that continues to resonate in Chinese intellectual life today.
