Lu Xun spent the last decade of his life in the turbulent World of Shanghai.
In part a meditation of what two people with such different backgrounds--one the most famous Intellectual of his time, the other a merchant with a sixth-grade education from.
Their friendship and the mutual kindnesses (occasionally involving near-death experiences) form the core of this short volume.
Soon after arriving in 1927, he befriended Uchiyama Kanzō, owner of a bookstore specializing in Japanese writings.
Lu Xun spent the last decade of his life in the turbulent World of Shanghai