Illustrated The True Story of Ah Q: Chinese-English Parallel Text

Author: Lu Xun
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Publish Date: 2001-04-01
Features: Recommended by the Editor: This book is a work by Lu Xun, translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang, and illustrated by Ding Cong. It brings the story of The True Story of Ah Q to life, making it vivid, engaging, and easy to read. The protagonist, Ah Q, is not only a crystallization of Chinese character traits but also a summary of a universal human weakness, reminiscent of Oblomov from Ivan Goncharov's works. Zhou Zuoren pointed out that characters like Ah Q do not exist in real life but are everywhere, and the work often employs irony, known as "cold satire." Lu Xun's writing style was influenced by Russian authors such as Nikolai Gogol, Polish writer Boles?aw Prus, and Japanese writers Natsume Sōseki and Mori Ogai. Hu Shi summarized it in one sentence: Lu Xun's short stories, from The Diary of a Madman four years ago to the recent The True Story of Ah Q, though not numerous, are almost all good.