Raise the red lantern: three novellas
Produits dérivés de films ou d’émission de télévision, Multiculturalisme (romans)
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
The title novella "Raise the Red Lantern" tells the story of Lotus, 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. 2004, c1993.