Les tribulations d'un chinois en Chine

by Jules Verne

"Les tribulations d'un chinois en Chine" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1879. Kin-Fo, a wealthy young Chinese man indifferent to life, believes himself ruined and asks his philosopher friend Wang to kill him within a set timeframe, hoping to finally feel emotion through fear of death. When Kin-Fo discovers he isn't ruined after all, Wang has vanished. Now desperately wanting to live, Kin-Fo must chase Wang across China to cancel his own death sentence.