Intended for students of Chinese, this new edition (with MP3) is an abridged version of author Qian Zhongshus well-known novel detailing the lives of a group of urban intellectuals in Japanese-occupied China in the late 1930s. Each chapter, in Chinese with pinyin, presents new vocabulary, notes, exercises and questions. This is an entertaining exposure to modern Chinese literature with the added benefit of expanding your reading and listening comprehension...