Fortress Besieged
| Author | : Zhongshu Qian |
| Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 420 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0811215520 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780811215527 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (527 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Fortress Besieged by : Zhongshu Qian
Download or read book Fortress Besieged written by Zhongshu Qian and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic of Chinese literature, this magnificent litany of mishaps begins on the eve of the Sino-Japanese War, when Fang Hung-chien, with no particular goal in life and a bogus degree from a fake university in hand, returns home to Shanghai, meeting two Chinese beauties, Miss Su and Miss Pao, on the way. Fang eventually obtains a teaching post at a newly established university in the interior, where he encounters effete pseudo-intellectuals. Soon he falls into a marriage of Nabokovian proportions of distress and absurdity.
