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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.
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Modern Classics: Fortress Besieged, Qian Zhongshu, Jonathan Spence
- Language
- Released
- 2006
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Modern Classics: Fortress Besieged
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Qian Zhongshu, Jonathan Spence
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN10
- 0141187867
- ISBN13
- 9780141187860
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Classics, Asia, China, Chinese Literature
- Original title
- Weicheng
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- 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.