Short story · 1918
A Madman's Diary
Lu Xun
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Short story · 1918 · Chinese · Modern
A Madman's Diary
A man reads 'eat people' between the lines of the classics.
ModernismAllegoryCannibalismTraditionMadness
Reading edition
An authorized English PDF is not yet included for this work. The source links below offer edition searches; access and borrowing availability vary.
How to read it
The first major work in vernacular Chinese; paranoia used as a method of historical reading.
Whole-work summary
A man reads 'eat people' between the lines of the classics.
