Raise the Red Lantern
Three Novellas
On Sale: 07/06/2004
Raise the Red Lantern
Three Novellas
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)