A review by lenriquegheredia
A Madman's Diary 狂人日記 by Lu Xun, 魯迅
4.0
This short story is mindblowing! It has this innovative style that resembles psychologic study cases. In this case the main character has a persecutory delusion, so he thinks everyone is cannibal and is trying to eat him, even his brother. In some sense, this is an allusion to some human conducts that seem as predatory as canibalism, such as landowners, human trafficking, rape... Still, the fear is founded in a factual precedent of real canibalism within his community and culture.
The thing that has me thrilled, is that I'm unable to figure out if our protagonist is actually sane now, that he indeed recovered, or that is it all a cover up from his brother, and he actually ate him after all... It's all kinda sketchy!!
The thing that has me thrilled, is that I'm unable to figure out if our protagonist is actually sane now, that he indeed recovered, or that is it all a cover up from his brother, and he actually ate him after all... It's all kinda sketchy!!