This is a thrilling history of cultural resistance against Japan. The author approaches the War of Resistance against Japan from the perspective of book history, recreating the daily life of Zheng Zhenduo, a scholar, who stayed in Shanghai from 1937 to 1945. He tells how, in the extreme environment of being hunted by the enemy and puppet regime and having no means of livelihood, he rescued rare books for the country, cleverly dodged open and covert attacks from both sides, and maneuvered among various forces, holding the front line of cultural resistance against Japan.
这是一部惊心动魄的文化抗战史。作者从书籍史的角度切入抗日战争，重现一介书生郑振铎在1937年至1945年留守上海的日常生活史，讲述他在深陷被敌伪追捕、生计无着的极端环境中，如何为国家抢救珍本古籍，机智躲避来自敌方和己方的明枪暗箭，周旋于各方势力之间，坚守在文化抗战的第一线。
这是一部惊心动魄的文化抗战史。作者从书籍史的角度切入抗日战争，重现一介书生郑振铎在1937年至1945年留守上海的日常生活史，讲述他在深陷被敌伪追捕、生计无着的极端环境中，如何为国家抢救珍本古籍，机智躲避来自敌方和己方的明枪暗箭，周旋于各方势力之间，坚守在文化抗战的第一线。
