Ep 1 - Lu Xun and the Diary of a Madman
The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast
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The Mad Man's Journey to a Government Post
Lucian's story is about a man in a village who has a decline into madness. A lot of the eating of people has medical and traditional connotations, he says. The Mad Man finally reaches the conclusion that his own family and even himself ate his younger sister piece by piece when she was five years old. He sees through these traditions for what they really are, you might say.
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