Popup Chinese — Short Stories: A Little Incident

Reading contemporary Chinese literature gives us the impression that while Hemingway, Fitzgerald and the rest of the Lost Generation were romping it up in Paris, Chinese intellectuals were locked in a competition to produce the most depressing fiction possible, with bonus points for bankrupting a publisher in the process.As far as short stories go, "A Little Incident" is not really light reading. But the surprisingly uplifting ending and sheer skill in its exposition puts the story in a class of its own, and demonstrates why Lu Xun is considered one of the best writers in 20th century China. We hope you enjoy it.Navigate the reincarnated Popup Chinese archives, including the original customized word-to-word transcripts for this and every other lesson as PDF files:Reincarnated Popup Chinese — Popup Chinese — Popup ChineseReincarnated Popup Cantonese — Popup Cantonese — Popup Cantonese