Lu Hsun – författare

"When I was young I, too, had many dreams. Most of them came to be forgotten, but I see nothing in this to regret. For although recalling the past may make you happy, it may sometimes also make you lonely, and there is no point in clinging in spirit to lonely bygone days. However, my trouble is that I cannot forget completely, and these stories have resulted from what I have been unable to erase from memory."—Lu HsunLiving during a time of dramatic change in China, Lu Hsun had a career that was as varied as his writing. As a young man he studied medicine in Japan but left it for the life of an activist intellectual, eventually returning to China to teach. Though he supported the aims of the Communist revolution, he did not become a member of the party nor did he live to see the Communists take control of China. Ambitious to reach a large Chinese audience, Lu Hsun wrote his first published story, "A Madman's Diary," in the vernacular, a pioneering move in Chinese literature at the time. "The True Story of Ah Q," a biting portrait of feudal China, gained him popularity in the West. This collection of eighteen stories shows the variety of his style and subjects throughout his career.In a new introduction, Ha Jin, the author of Waiting (National Book Award winner), The Bridegroom, and other works, places Lu Hsun's life and work in the context of Chinese history and literature.

Lu Hsun (also known as Lu Xun), 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.

Lu Xun was born into a family of landlords and government officials in Shaoxing, Zhejiang; the family''s financial resources declined over the course of his youth. Lu aspired to take the imperial civil service exam; but, due to his family''s relative poverty, was forced to attend government-funded schools teaching "Western education". Upon graduation, Lu went to medical school in Japan, but later dropped out. He became interested in studying literature, but was eventually forced to return to China due to his family''s lack of funds. After returning to China, Lu worked for several years teaching at local secondary schools and colleges before finally finding a job at the national Ministry of Education.

After the 1919 May Fourth Movement, Lu Xun''s writing began to exert a substantial influence on Chinese literature and popular culture. Like many leaders of the May Fourth Movement, he was primarily a leftist and liberal. He was highly acclaimed by the Chinese government after 1949, when the People''s Republic of China was founded, and Mao Zedong himself was a lifelong admirer of Lu Xun''s writing. Though sympathetic to socialist ideas, Lu Xun never joined the Communist Party of China.

Esta curiosa novela, de uno de los escritores chinos más venerados de su país, relata con un estilo expresionista muy particular las desventuras de un hombre que se cree rodeado de caníbales. Según el narrador, el texto se ajusta de manera exacta a las transcripciones de un enajenado. Atrapante, inquietante y atractiva.

Esta curiosa novela, de uno de los escritores chinos más venerados de su país, relata con un estilo expresionista muy particular las desventuras de un hombre que se cree rodeado de caníbales. Según el narrador, el texto se ajusta de manera exacta a las transcripciones de un enajenado. Atrapante, inquietante y atractiva.

La historia de AQ, relata las andanzas de un personaje muy particular del que poco se sabe con certeza. AQ son las iniciales de su nombre y apellido, pero el autor no consigna los datos completos. Como en las novelas picarescas (al estilo Lazarillo de Tormes), AQ deberá enfrentar "venturas" y "desventuras" durante sus arduos días de trabajo en las casas de los ricos del pueblo de Weichuang. El relato tiene como marco los últimos días del imperio chino y los inicios de la revolución. Se trata de un clásico interesante y completamente actual.