Description
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.
Author: Su Tong
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 07/06/2004
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780060596330
ISBN10: 0060596333
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | General
- Literary Criticism | Asian | General