Raise the red lantern three novellas
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 f...
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| Language: | English |
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New York
Perennial
2004
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| Edition: | Perennial ed |
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Add Tag | Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published : New Yorl : W.Morrow, 1993 |
| Physical Description: | 267 pages 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 0060596333 9780060596330 (pbk.) |
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