[Podcast] Lu Xun on fire

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Eileen J. Cheng
China Stories
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The translator of a recently published collection of Lu Xun’s work makes observations about the man behind China’s literary titan.

Click here to read the article by Eileen J. Cheng.

Narrated by Kim Dalrymple.

China Stories is published twice weekly, on Tuesday and Friday. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Eileen J. Cheng is professor of Chinese at Pomona College. Her recent publications include a volume of translations and introductions to Lu Xun, Wild Grass and Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk (Harvard University Press, 2022), and a co-edited volume of translations of Lu Xun’s essays, Jottings Under Lamplight (Harvard University Press, 2017). Read more

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