Notes of a Madman

The psychological, truthful, and relentless tales of Lu Xun laid the foundations of realism in modern Chinese literature. The images of the pathetic laborer A-Qiu, the degraded scholar Kong Yiji, and the unfortunate maid Xianglin have become canonical, and the characters and fates of these individuals opened a new perspective for the Chinese on themselves and on the Chinese society that Lu Xun dreamed of changing and leaving behind.
The title story "Notes of a Madman" is a piercing tale that exposes the inhumanity of feudal society, entering the history of modern Chinese literature as the first text written not in ancient script but in contemporary spoken language.
This collection also includes notable novellas and stories from the collections "The Call", "Wanderings", "Wild Grasses", and "Old Legends in a New Edition".