Description
In 1930s rural China, Lotus enters a powerful clan household where a rigid system of concubinage turns intimacy into a daily contest for favor. As she and three other women vie for the master’s attention, the house itself seems to conspire—its rituals, jealousies, and silences tightening into a psychological trap. When strange occurrences in the garden blur the line between madness and haunting, Lotus must confront what the competition is really costing her. With Su Tong’s sharp, lyrical storytelling and unsettling moral clarity, the novel explores themes of power, confinement, desire, and the haunting persistence of memory within a decaying social order.
Available Editions
paperback
W. Morrow and Co.
Published Jan 1, 1993
267 pages
ISBN: 0688122175
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Details
First Published
1993
Language
chi
Translation
From: chi
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Raise the Red Lantern by Su Tong.