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What is the best of the big 4 novels?
Best modern classics in chinese lit?

>> No.18133822

>>18133818
Dream of the Red Chamber is the best.

>> No.18133840

>>18133818
>what is the best of the big 4 novels
I've only read Outlaws of the Marsh and it's kino.
OOTM, Journey to the West, and Three Kingdoms are in the realm of war and mythology/fantasy. Dream of the Red Chamber is about social drama.
>Best modern classics?
The True Story of Ah Q by Lu Xun
Cat Country by Lao She
Rickshaw Boy by Lao She
Fortress Besieged by Qian Zhongshu
Red Sorghum by Mo Yan
Life and Death are Wearing Me Out by Mo Yan
Frog by Mo Yan
Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
Beijing Coma by Ma Jian
The Dark Road by Ma Jian

>> No.18133907

>>18133840
Based. Thanks for such an in depth response. Been thinking about grabbing the penguin lu xun book and dream of the red chamber, but red chamber is a million fucking volumes and written by two people so im wary.
Lao she sounds decent from what i know as well.

>> No.18134155

>>18133818
I like Journey of the West the best, but only because I've read it in high school.

>> No.18134249

>>18134155
Strange, most people don't have that experience in highschool classes

>> No.18134336

>>18134249
I meant I read it for myself at age 15. School curriculum was making me read 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Journey to the West was easy to read, even as a teen, because of its episodic structure and high levels of comedy.

>> No.18134530

>>18134336
You must have a really big penis

>> No.18134616

>>18134530
It's 2 inches off the ground

>> No.18134628

>>18134616
How tall are you?