{"product_id":"raise-the-red-lantern-su-tong-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Su Tong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060596333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060596330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Su Tong","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995475738879,"sku":"9780060596330","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_166ea343-dc36-4545-97a3-da1284d25f57.jpg?v=1683336029","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/raise-the-red-lantern-su-tong-9780060596330","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}