{"product_id":"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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021771194608,"sku":"9780060596330","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060596330_p0.jpg?v=1763618994","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060596330","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}