{"product_id":"epouses-et-concubines-book-s-tong-9782253932796","title":"Epouses Et Concubines","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\u003eNineteen 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","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49571343565073,"sku":"GOR013258607","price":3.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/2253932795.jpg?v=1750869358","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/epouses-et-concubines-book-s-tong-9782253932796","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}