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all the way up to the astonishing climax

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Arthur Ross Book Award

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Jottings under Lamplight Tianyuan all the way up toLu Xun (18811936) is widely considered the greatest writer of twentieth century China. Although primarily known for his two slim volumes of short fiction, he was a prolific and inventive essayist. Jottings under Lamplight showcases Lu Xuns versatility as a master of prose forms and his brilliance as a cultural critic with translations of sixty two of his essays, twenty of which are translated here for the first time. While a medical student in Tokyo,