| Ah Q and Others by Lu Hsun, Fiction, Short Stories Contributor(s): Hsun, Lu (Author) |
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ISBN: 1592249485 ISBN-13: 9781592249480 Publisher: Borgo Press OUR PRICE: $13.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2002 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: In the course of his studies overseas, the author attended a motion picture performance and saw the decapitation of a Chinese spy. He resolved to established a school of modem literature in China to give voice to these experiences. Fifteen of the stories that Hsun published in "New Youth" were later collected and published as this volume. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.08" W x 9" (0.56 lbs) 160 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In the course of his studies overseas, Lu-shun attended a motion-picture performance and saw decapitated of a Chinese spy; the sight left him that he wished to do something at once. He resolved to established a school of modem literature in China. He gave up his studies and ultimately, at the age of twenty-nine, he returned to China. In due course Mr. Ch'ien Hsuan-t'ung, asked Lu-shun to contribute to his magazine, the New Youth. Fifteen of the stories that Lu-shun published in New Youth were later collected and published as the now famous "Ne-han." |
Contributor Bio(s): Hsun, Lu: - "Lu Xun or Lu Hsun was the pen name of Zhou Shuren, (1881 - 1936) a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Writing in Vernacular Chinese as well as Classical Chinese, Lu Xun was a short story writer, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist and poet. In the 1930s he became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai. In the course of his studies overseas, Lu-shun attended a motion-picture performance and saw the decapitation of a Chinese spy; the sight left him that he wished to do something at once. He resolved to established a school of modem literature in China. He gave up his studies and ultimately, at the age of twenty-nine, he returned to China. In due course Mr. Ch'ien Hsuan-t'ung, asked Lu-shun to contribute to his magazine, the New Youth. Fifteen of the stories that Lu-shun published in New Youth were later collected and published as the now famous "Ne-han."" |