Fortress Besieged

Translated by Jeanne Kelly and Nathan K. Mao. With a foreword by Jonathan Spence. First UK edition. Hardback in dust jacket. 426pp. About fine. *** First published in China in 1947, but largely overlooked the time, the novel is now seen as a literary classic in China. This translation was first published in the USA in 1979 by Indiana University Press. Our copy is the first UK edition, published with revisions following the American edition by New Directions in 2004.