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Title: FORTRESS BESIEGED
By: Qian Zhongshu, Jonathan Spence
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0141187867
ISBN 13: 9780141187860
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Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 27 April, 2006
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 448
Translated from: Chinese
Description: Set on the eve of the Sino-Japanese war, this work recounts the exuberant misadventures of the hapless hero Fang Hung-chien, who after aimlessly studying in Europe at his family's expense returns to Shanghai armed with a bogus degree from a fake university. On the liner back, Fang's life becomes deeply entangled with those of two Chinese beauties.
Synopsis: Set on the eve of the Sino-Japanese war, Fortress Besieged recounts the exuberant misadventures of the hapless hero Fang Hung-chien, who after aimlessly studying in Europe at his family's expense returns to Shanghai armed with a bogus degree from a fake university. On the liner back, Fang's life becomes deeply entangled with those of two Chinese beauties - while when he does finally make it home, he obtains a teaching post at a newly established university, encounters effete pseudo-intellectuals, and falls into a marriage of disastrous proportions. A glorious tale of love, marriage, war, calamity, disillusionment and hope, this is one of the greatest Chinese novels: combining Eastern philosophy, Western traditions, adventure, tragicomedy and satire to create a unique feast of delights.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Returns: Returnable
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