{"product_id":"fortress-besieged","title":"Fortress Besieged","description":"\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":"Default Title","offer_id":55110012338400,"sku":"9780811238601","price":4250.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/4987\/2096\/files\/9780811238601.jpg?v=1790234137","url":"https:\/\/featherheartbooks.com\/products\/fortress-besieged","provider":"Featherheart Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}