Penguin steps into Chinese fiction by publishing a poor translation of Fortress Besieged

Pengiun steps into Chinese fiction by publishing a poor translation of Fortress Besieged

1947 book by Qian Zhongshu makes a good choice, says reviewer Julia Lovell, but an isolated novel in a poor 1979 translation probably won’t win many readers for other Chinese novels.

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