Qian Zhongshu bol čínsky literárny vedec a spisovateľ, známy svojou vtipnosťou a erudíciou. Jeho diela, obzvlášť satirický román Oblehnutá pevnosť, sa vyznačujú rozsiahlym použitím citátov v čínštine aj západných jazykoch. Tento autor zanechal významnú stopu svojim jedinečným štýlom a hlbokým porozumením literatúry.
Published in English as Fortress Besieged.From Amazon:"Intended for learners of Chinese as a second language, this is an abridged version of the novel by Qian Zhongshu. [....] Maintaining the major plots true to the original, the abridged version of 40,000 words, represents approximately one-sixth of the original 230,000 Chinese characters."
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.
Erzählungen, ausgewählt und mit Nachworte von Charlotte Dunsing, umfasst 192 Seiten.