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Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk

Lu Xun

Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk

Paper book: €11.99

Digital: €1.99

Original publication
1928
Monolingual
22 October 2026
Pages
80
Difficulty
Hard
Genres
Biography and Autobiography, Psychology
Moods
Be moved to tears, Travel back in time, Meet a real life
Translated from
Chinese

Book summary

Lu Xun remembers his childhood and youth: the Hundred-Plant Garden where he used to play, his old nurse and the book of monsters she gave him, the temple fair he could only see after reciting his lesson. Then come his father's illness, and his student years in Japan with his teacher, Fujino.

Ten bittersweet memories, in which we discover the childhood of the greatest modern Chinese writer, and the China of the past.

This short book can be read memory by memory, in the language you are learning.

The plot

一位中国作家回忆他的童年。屋后有一座很大的野园子。孩子在那里听蟋蟀叫,寻找据说长得像人形的根。

The world of the book

中国的一所旧式学堂。这本书主要发生在绍兴,中国东南部的一座城市,时间是末代皇帝的年代。有一天,家里把孩子送进城里最严厉的学堂,跟一位年老又博学的先生读书。那里的学生一起放开喉咙大声读书,整个屋子嗡嗡作响。先生也读,一边摇着头。这时,孩子偷偷描摹冒险小说里的图画。照片拍的是这所学堂的屋子,它至今还在。

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