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Informationen zum Autor Su Tong was born in Suzhou in 1963 and graduated from Beijing Normal University with a degree in Chinese literature. He is the author of Raise the Red Lantern , also available from Perennial. Su Tong lives in Nanjing. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. ...
