A Madman's Diary - Unabridged MP3 CD Audiobook in CD sleeve

Description: A Madman's Diary Lu Xun, translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang “A Madman’s Diary” is a short story by Lu Xun first published in 1918. Written in vernacular Chinese, it is considered “China’s first modern short story” and the most influential modern work in the republican era. Lu was inspired by “Diary of a Madman by Nicolai Gogol, both in the use of the diary form and in the idea that the madman sees things more clearly than others. The comes about when the narrator decides to visit two friends with whom he has lost touch when he learns that one of them has fallen ill. When he arrives, he is met by the brother, who informs him that his brother is no longer ill and hands him a copy of his brother’s diary. It is immediately apparent that the diarist is indeed mad. He believes he is surrounded by cannibals and that everyone has cannibalistic designs on him. His paranoia grows and he begins to see threats everywhere. He even sees the words “Eat People” between the lines of classic Confucian texts. He eventually suspects that his late sister had been eaten by his brother, and that he himself may have unknowingly done so. He ardently hopes that everyone will have a change of heart and change their ways. The story ends with a plea to “save the children”. The story is not readily comprehensible, and it took several years for it to be recognized as important. Gradually the madman is seen as a revolutionary contemptuous of Chinese tradition and its feudal society that “eats people”, people who themselves are corrupted by traditions they cannot escape. Product Details Read by: D. S. Harvey Length: 32 minutes Type: Solo reading Media: MP3 CD Package: CD security sleeve Item No.: CD-6022 EAN: NA List Price: $3.99 Credits Production Produced by: D. S. Harvey Source: The Marxists Internet Archive Artwork Cover: Lu Xun at Shanghai, 1928, by Situ Quaio, Beijing Lu Xun Museum Inset: A Madman's Diary, published in the La Jeunesse (New Youth) magazine Volume 4, Issue 5. Inset: Photograph of Lu Xun,1930, author unknown, from The Legacy and Works of Lu Xun. The Recordings About MP3 Audio This MP3 digital audiobook is duplicated on compact disc in the MP3 audio format and is designed to play on any computer. It will play on CD and DVD players that are designed with MP3 capability. The files contained in an MP3 CD can be imported and played on mobile devices such as the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Android tablets and smart phones and on PSP (Play Station Portable) and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) devices. Your CD/DVD player or mobile device owner’s manual should specify whether the device has MP3 compatibility. If the device is not directly compatible with the MP3 Audio format, the files on the MP3 CD can be copied onto a computer drive and then played on the computer media player or transferred to a mobile device. The Recordings These recordings were made using the author’s original published work, which is in the public domain. The readings were recorded by members of Librivox.org, which has generously made the recordings available to the public domain. While Librivox condones the sale and distribution of these recordings, it is not associated with the management or operations of MP3 Audiobook Classics. The audio files have been lightly edited and have been engineered using professional audio tools for maximum sonic quality. We spend considerable time and effort to ensure the recordings are free of noise, equalized for maximum listener pleasure, and that tracks are leveled and normalized to provide a consistent listening experience. Table of Contents Section First sentence I. Tonight the moon is very bright. II. Tonight there is no moon at all, I know that this bodes ill. III. I can't sleep at night. IV. In the morning I sat quietly for some time. V. These few days I have been thinking again: suppose that old man were not an executioner in disguise, but a real doctor; he would be none the less an eater of human flesh. VI. Pitch dark. VII. I know their way; they are not willing to kill anyone outright, nor do they dare, for fear of the consequences. VIII. Actually, such arguments should have convinced them long ago. IX. Wanting to eat men, at the same time afraid of being eaten themselves, they all look at each other with the deepest suspicion. X. Early this morning I went to look for my elder brother. XI. The sun does not shine, the door is not opened, every day two meals. XII. I can't bear to think of it. XIII. Perhaps there are still children who have not eaten men? Save the children. 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