By exhaustively analyzing Lao She's literary writings, Vohra traces the development of his political consciousness and convictions. Answers are sought for crucial questions: Why did Lao She drift to a leftist position? Why did he return voluntarily to China? Why did he become disenchanted with the authoritarian regime? And why did he commit suicide?
Besides being an introduction to the life and works of Lao She, this book contributes to a greater understanding of the nature of the social and political change in twentieth-century China.
- ISBN10 0674510755
- ISBN13 9780674510753
- Publish Date 1 January 1974
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Harvard University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 200
- Language English