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The Small General - A Novel / The author of The Three Bamboos and of Bonin with a quiet, gently humorous portrait of China -- old and new -- through the story of the Small General and his father, Sung. Sung, possessor of an island where be raises the finest mulberry trees in China, is envied by friends who try to buy his secret, and is beaten by the Japanese whom he outwits. With peasant canniness, Sung carries on the tradition of his forbears, passes on the secret, a hoax, to the Small General at his death. The Small General follows the trend of a changing country, joins a patriotic organization to boycott the enemy, takes a common law wife, who represents the enlightened women. A portrait rather than a novel, which conveys with authenticity and simplicity the quality of the people. A story of a business scandal, of love and conflict and patriotism, told in a highly entertaining way and laid in contemporary China. Pen name of Digby George Gerahty

GMD	Book
Corporate Author	ChiangKaiShek
Classification	d-CHI-ROB
Publisher	London, England, Peter Davies, 1950
Subject	China--Fiction.
Topic	FictionHistorical fiction
Description	242The Small General is the son of Sung a Chinese peasant silk-grower of Sungs Island which lies in a great lake between Soochow and Hangchow. Robert Standish gives us vivid glimpses into Chinese life and problems.
URL	https://www.amazon.com/SMALL-GENERAL-ROBERT-STANDISH-Printing/dp/B005CMG7MQhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15733235-the-small-general