Подлинная история А-кью

"Podlinnai͡a istorii͡a A-kʹi͡u" - malenʹkiĭ shedevr kitaĭskoĭ literatury nachala XX veka, pervoe proizvedenie, v polnoĭ mere raskryvai͡ushchee bogatstvo razgovornogo kitaĭskogo i͡azyka. Povestʹ momentalʹno poluchila mezhdunarodnoe priznanie i vyvela tvorchestvo Lu Sini͡a na mirovoĭ urovenʹ. Ona byla perevedena bolee chem na tridt͡satʹ i͡azykov, voshla v spisok 100 velichaĭshikh istoriĭ vsekh vremen po versii BBC i stala osnovoĭ mnogochislennykh adaptat͡siĭ - dramaticheskikh postanovok, filʹmov i dazhe baletov. Iznachalʹno Lu Sinʹ napisal ėtu povestʹ pod psevdonimom "Ba Zhėnʹ" ("grubii͡an"), i vpervye ona byla opublikovana v prilozhenii k gazete v vide serii rasskazov. Osobyĭ satiricheskiĭ ėffekt dostigalsi͡a kontrastom mezhdu obrazom glavnogo geroi͡a - obednevshego batraka A-kʹi͡u, cheloveka sovershenno ne geroicheskogo, lit͡semernogo i glupovatogo, odnako pretendui͡ushchego na "dukhovnoe prevoskhodstvo", - i formoĭ povestvovanii͡a, kharakternoĭ dli͡a klassicheskikh kitaĭskikh romanov. V nastoi͡ashchem izdanii "Podlinnai͡a istorii͡a A-kʹi͡u" vykhodit s originalʹnymi illi͡ustrat͡sii͡ami kitaĭskogo khudozhnika-grafika Fėn T͡Szykai͡a. Pomimo zaglavnoĭ povesti, v knigu vkhodi͡at izbrannye rasskazy Lu Sini͡a.

"The True Story of A-q" is a small masterpiece of Chinese literature of the early 20th century, the first work that fully reveals the richness of spoken Chinese. The novel instantly gained international recognition and brought Lu Xin's work to the world level. It has been translated into more than thirty languages, has been included in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Stories of All Time, and has been the basis of numerous adaptations — dramatic productions, films, and even ballets. Lu Xin originally wrote this story under the pseudonym "Ba Ren" ("the brute"), and it was first published in a newspaper supplement as a series of short stories. A special satirical effect was achieved by the contrast between the image of the main character — the impoverished farmhand Ah Q, a man who is completely non-heroic, hypocritical and stupid, but claims to "spiritual superiority" — and the narrative form typical of classical Chinese novels. In this edition, The True Story of A-q is published with original illustrations by the Chinese graphic artist Feng Zikai. In addition to the title story, the book includes selected short stories by Lu Xin.