{"product_id":"9780060596330-raise-the-red-lantern-three-novellas","title":"Tong Su - Raise The Red Lantern Three Novellas - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Raise The Red Lantern Three Novellas\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Tong Su\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Harpercollins\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780060596330\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 272 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 7\/6\/2004\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tong Su","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49589486321969,"sku":"IN-G-9780060596330","price":19.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780060596330-raise-the-red-lantern-three-novellas","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}