{"product_id":"fortress-besieged-ii-bruised-book-copy","title":"Fortress Besieged (II) *BRUISED BOOK*","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEach of our \"bruised books\" are slightly scarred from living their lives - whether during transportation or accidentally dropped - but it doesn't mean that the stories within their pages are any less valuable.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBack cover is bent into a triangle. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuy it at a discounted rate or at full price to support our bookstore!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜・\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e〜\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe greatest Chinese novel of the twentieth century,\u003cem\u003e Fortress Besieged \u003c\/em\u003eis a classic of world literature and a masterpiece of parodic fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet on the eve of the Sino-Japanese war, \u003cem\u003eFortress Besieged \u003c\/em\u003erecounts the exuberant misadventures of its hapless hero Fang Hung-chien.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter aimlessly studying in Europe at his family’s expense, Fang returns to Shanghai armed with a bogus degree from a fake university. On the ocean liner back, Fang’s life becomes deeply entangled with those of two Chinese beauties―Miss Su and Miss Pao. Qian writes, “With Miss Pao it wasn’t a matter of heart or soul. She hadn’t any change of heart, since she didn’t have a heart.” 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 disastrous marriage of Nabokovian heights of distress and absurdity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA glorious tale of calamity, disillusionment, love, war, and wedded unbliss, \u003cem\u003eFortress Besieged \u003c\/em\u003ewas acclaimed by C. T. Hsia as “the most delightful and carefully wrought novel in modern Chinese literature.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Featherheart Books","offers":[{"title":"Original","offer_id":68352313262304,"sku":"9780811238601","price":4250.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true},{"title":"Discounted","offer_id":68352313295072,"sku":"9780811238602","price":3825.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/4987\/2096\/files\/IMG_1664.jpg?v=1793424272","url":"https:\/\/featherheartbooks.com\/products\/fortress-besieged-ii-bruised-book-copy","provider":"Featherheart Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}