{"product_id":"raise-the-red-lantern-three-novellas-9780060596330","title":"Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, \"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTong, Su:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSu Tong was born in Suzhou in 1963 and graduated from Beijing Normal University with a degree in Chinese literature. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eRaise the Red Lantern\u003c\/em\u003e, also available from Perennial. Su Tong lives in Nanjing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618292371730,"sku":"9780060596330","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d70d3b87-95e5-4710-8c42-b7165f598c8a.jpg?v=1732530547","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/raise-the-red-lantern-three-novellas-9780060596330","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}