Raise the Red Lantern Three Novellas

Name: Raise the Red Lantern Three Novellas
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ISBN: 9780060596330

ISBN-10: 0060596333

ISBN-13: 9780060596330

Edition: N/A

Authors: Su Tong

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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…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/6/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.462



Raise the Red Lantern


Nineteen Thirty-four Escapes


Opium Family