Capturing Chinese: Short Stories from Lu Xun's Nahan (English and Chinese Edition) - Softcover

Lu Xun

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0984276203 ISBN 13: 9780984276202

Publisher: Capturing Chinese Publications, 2009

Synopsis

Lu Xun, the father of modern Chinese literature, is an essential read for the intermediate and advanced student of Chinese. Nahan is his first collection of short stories and includes some of his most famous short stories. The most famous works include: A Madman's Diary, Kong Yiji, Medicine, Hometown, A Passing Storm, and A Village Opera.

Due to its complex writing system, Chinese is one of the most difficult languages in the world. Full literacy of Chinese requires a working knowledge of three to four thousand Chinese characters and breaking into reading Chinese literature is a daunting task.

Capturing Chinese Short Stories from Lu Xun's Nahan is a comprehensive tool to help students of Chinese read Chinese literature in its original form. Footnotes highlight the more difficult vocabulary and pinyin is provided for the entire text. There is no need to constantly consult a dictionary or look up difficult characters by radical. Historical events, people and places are explained throughout and illustrations recreate the scenes.

* Full stories unabridged in simplified Chinese
  * Pinyin for the entire text
 * Definitions for difficult vocabulary
 * Historical explanations and summaries
 * Illustrations throughout
 * Free MP3s read by two native speakers

Please note, the text is in simplified Chinese characters.

The following stories are included:
* Nahan Preface
* Diary of a Madman
* Kong Yiji
* Medicine
* Tomorrow
* A Small Incident
* A Story About Hair
* A Passing Storm
* Hometown
* Dragonboat Festival
* The White Light
* A Comedy of Ducks
* Some Rabbits and a Cat
* Village Opera

About this title

From the Author:

The author has been studying Chinese for the past eight years. Starting with no background in the language he studied hard at Cornell, went to Beijing, met his beautiful wife, and now speaks Chinese every day. Disappointed with the quality of intermediate and advanced Chinese books, he wrote this book focused on easing the intermediate/advanced student into reading some of China's best literature. He currently lives in Japan where he continues his passion for learning languages. He continues to study Chinese and is in now learning Japanese as well.

About the Author:

The author has been studying Chinese for the past eight years. Starting with no background in the language he has gone on to master the language. Disappointed with the quality of intermediate and advanced Chinese books, he wrote this book focused on easing the intermediate/advanced student into reading some of China's best literature. He currently lives with his Chinese-speaking Japanese wife in Tokyo Japan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Capturing Chinese Publications
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0984276203
• ISBN 13: 9780984276202
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348
• Editor: Kevin John Nadolny
• Illustrator: Baidi & Gege