Raise the Red Lantern

Three Novellas

by Su Tong

On Sale: 07/06/2004

Raise the Red Lantern

Three Novellas

by Su Tong

On Sale: 07/06/2004

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About the Book

The brutal realities of the dark places Su Tong depicts in this collection of novellas set in 1930s provincial China -- worlds of prostitution, poverty, and drug addiction -- belie his prose of stunning and simplebeauty. The title novella, "Raise the Red Lantern," which became a critically acclaimed film, tells the story of Lotus, a young woman whose father's suicide forces her to become the concubine of a wealthy merchant. Crushed by loneliness, despair, and cruel treatment, Lotus finds her descent into insanity both a weapon and a refuge.

"Nineteen Thirty-Four Escapes" is an account of a family's struggles during one momentous year; plagued by disease, death, and the shady promise of life in a larger town, the family slowly disintegrates.

Finally, "Opium Family" details the last years of a landowning clan whose demise is brought about by corruption, lust, and treachery -- fruits of the insidious crop they harvest.

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780060596330
  • ISBN 10: 0060596333
  • Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
  • On Sale: 07/06/2004
  • Pages: 272
  • List Price:23.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : FICTION / General
  • BISAC2 : FICTION / Cultural Heritage
  • BISAC3 : FICTION: World Literature / China / 21st Century
  • BISAC4 : FICTION / Historical
  • BISAC5 : FICTION / Short Stories (single author)

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