Raise the red lantern
Book • 2004
This book includes three novellas: 'Raise the Red Lantern', 'Nineteen Thirty-Four Escapes', and 'Opium Family'.
The title novella tells the story of Lotus, a young woman forced into concubinage after her father's suicide, while 'Nineteen Thirty-Four Escapes' details a family's disintegration due to disease and economic hardship.
'Opium Family' explores the downfall of a landowning clan through corruption and treachery.
The title novella tells the story of Lotus, a young woman forced into concubinage after her father's suicide, while 'Nineteen Thirty-Four Escapes' details a family's disintegration due to disease and economic hardship.
'Opium Family' explores the downfall of a landowning clan through corruption and treachery.
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