Shout

Author: Lu Xun
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This is a collection of Lu Xun's novels, gathering short stories he wrote during the period when the spirit of the May Fourth Revolution was at its height (1918-1922). Nahan depicts "the unfortunate people in a sick society" in order to "reveal the suffering and draw attention to the need for healing." The author's purpose was driven by "not being able to forget his own loneliness and sorrow at the time, so sometimes he could not help but shout a few times, to comfort the valiant figures who ran in loneliness and encourage them to move forward." The work provides a realistic portrayal of the different layers and aspects of social life after the Xinhai Revolution, profoundly revealing various social contradictions, powerfully condemning the corruption of the feudal system and the harmful and corrosive effects of deeply entrenched feudal ideology on the people, and lashing out at the numb indifference of the weak-minded and the severe errors of revolution detached from the masses. It expresses a sense of "pitying their misfortune and being angry at their lack of struggle" toward the people and a strong dissatisfaction with feudal rule, reflecting the author's profound sense of concern for the nation and its people. Nahan laid the foundation for modern Chinese literature and revolutionary realism and is a classic work of modern Chinese fiction.