# The True Story of Ah Q

by [Lu Xun](https://localbooks.app/authors/lu-xun)

- Genres: [Humour et satire](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/humor-and-satire), [Romans courts](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/novellas)
- Set in: [Weizhuang, Province de Zhejiang, Chine](https://localbooks.app/places/cn/zhejiang/weizhuang) (fictional); [Shaoxing, Province de Zhejiang, Chine](https://localbooks.app/places/cn/zhejiang/shaoxing)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1921
- Pages: 155

## Description

Ah Q, a poor laborer in a small village, turns every humiliation into an imagined victory, until the turmoil of the 1911 revolution sweeps him up. Lu Xun's sharp satire of the Chinese national character.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL45307218W)
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