Notes on the Cat City. A Book for Reading in Chinese

Notes on the Cat City. A Book for Reading in Chinese

The famous Chinese dystopia Notes on the Cat City. This prophetic book was written in the 1930s by Lao She, a Chinese writer, playwright, and satirist. His real name is Shu Qingchun, and the pseudonym Lao She plays on the... name: old man She. His Martian chronicles with cat-people serve as a satirical mirror of Chinese society during the civil war.
In the introduction, Lao She wrote: cat-people are not related to us. The author, with unique artistic intuition, describes the sunset of an entire civilization. Will we recognize in the Martian cat-people the modern inhabitants of Earth?..

The book contains an unadapted text of the novel in Chinese. Reading Lao She in the original is a special pleasure. Difficult to comprehend words are supplemented with comments.

Author: Лао Шэ

Printhouse: Karo

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2023

ISBN: 9785992516968

Number of pages: 224

Size: 115х165х10 мм mm

Cover type: Мягкая обложка

Weight: 148 g

ID: 1670006

The famous Chinese dystopia Notes on the Cat City. This prophetic book was written in the 1930s by Lao She, a Chinese writer, playwright, and satirist. His real name is Shu Qingchun, and the pseudonym Lao She plays on the name: old man She. His Martian chronicles with cat-people serve as a satirical mirror of Chinese society during the civil war.
In the introduction, Lao She wrote: cat-people are not related to us. The author, with unique artistic intuition, describes the sunset of an entire civilization. Will we recognize in the Martian cat-people the modern inhabitants of Earth?..

The book contains an unadapted text of the novel in Chinese. Reading Lao She in the original is a special pleasure. Difficult to comprehend words are supplemented with comments.

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