PDF Six Records of a Life Adrift Hackett Classics Shen Fu Graham Sanders Books

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Series Hackett Classics
Paperback 176 pages
Publisher Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.; UK ed. edition (September 15, 2011)
Language English
ISBN-10 1603841989

Poignant, funny, and heartbreaking, this memoir has depth, clarity and meaning across time, language, and culture. Shen Fu's understanding of and respect for women is often progressive even for today. Embracing and explicating the humanity of us all, Six Records of A Life Adrift, is a work of art by a humble being who was unaware of his own honest brilliance. By simply being true and accurate to his own fully lived live, Shen Fu inspires us all.
Excellent reading. It captures what I feel certain Shen Fu felt as he wrote it. The translator does a skillful job of making you feel a part of that era even though it was originally written hundreds of years ago.
A good piece of work on a difficult task.
One of my favourite books from premodern China. It's hard to believe it was written two hundred year's ago because in many ways (the structure, themes, etc.) are very modern. Sanders does an excellent job with the translation and provides just the right amount of information in the notes -- enough to explain the literary and historical references, but not so much as to bog down the reader.