{"product_id":"the-true-story-of-ah-q","title":"The True Story of Ah Q","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe loses every fight and calls it a victory. A whole country recognised itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrder this book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=UM9jw5XRXpDBzotwnW4mSsLgFOMhhwshgFkXP8jN5UR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePaperback from IngramSpark →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=kZ9IBsCkYrOzPxtAV9k2HnIhPsSdfvaHMYWfmyp1AdO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHardcover from IngramSpark →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout this edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe True Story of Ah Q\u003c\/em\u003e, Lu Xun, the father of modern Chinese literature, draws the most famous figure in that literature: a penniless, boastful villager who turns every beating and humiliation into a private “spiritual victory,” and so never has to change. Comic, cruel, and unbearably true, it is a portrait of a whole people’s self-deception on the eve of revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith it comes “Kong Yiji,” his tender and devastating sketch of a failed scholar laughed to his death. Written in the new vernacular in the early 1920s and given here in their earliest English translations, these stories made Lu Xun (1881–1936) the conscience of a changing nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new Northlume Library edition, freshly typeset in EB Garamond and Marcellus behind an original mixed media illustration by JVB Atelier Designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLu Xun (鲁迅, 1881–1936)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorthlume Classic Library\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback and hardcover, 6 × 9, 72 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"JVB Atelier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44686112260138,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0228\/4330\/files\/the-true-story-of-ah-q.jpg?v=1786494123","url":"https:\/\/northlume.org\/products\/the-true-story-of-ah-q","provider":"Northlume ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}