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First published January 1, 1990
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About the author
Su Tong
135?books152?followersSu Tong (simplified Chinese: 苏童; traditional Chinese: 蘇童; pinyin: Sū Tóng; born January 23, 1963) is the pen name of Chinese writer Tong Zhonggui (童忠贵 Tóng Zhōngguì). He was born in Suzhou and lives in Nanjing.
He entered the Department of Chinese at Beijing Normal University in 1980, and started to publish novels in 1983. He is now vice president of the Jiangsu Writers Association. Known for his controversial writing style, Su is one of the most acclaimed novelists in China.
(from Wikipedia)
He entered the Department of Chinese at Beijing Normal University in 1980, and started to publish novels in 1983. He is now vice president of the Jiangsu Writers Association. Known for his controversial writing style, Su is one of the most acclaimed novelists in China.
(from Wikipedia)
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April 2, 2024
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June 7, 2024
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July 5, 2019
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January 19, 2024Picked this up to read the first novella, "Raise the Red Lantern," after seeing a clip of the film with the same name. The protagonist is an educated young woman who is sold as a concubine and subsequently driven mad by her new living arrangement. The movie depicts a girl distraught by her marital night; however, the book presents concubinage through the eyes of an aroused male. Lotus is a sexually charged character who seems to enjoy her relations with her husband, whom she shares with three other women. No indication is giving that she's a girl being raped by the man who bought her, making her descent into madness difficult to reconcile.
July 23, 2018
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November 28, 2021
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July 22, 2018
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June 8, 2013
Whilst Su Tong's novellas will be easily forgotten once read, there's something very hypnotic about his writing style which make his stories compulsive reading. It's very much like sitting down and listening to your grandparents telling stories about their past, at times disjointed, but always coming together and conveying the most important elements of plot and character. The three tales that Su Tong tells in this way, become alive in the reader's mind.
Of course particular credit has to be given to the novella 'Raise the Red Lantern', inspiring the award winning film of the same name. This story is told wonderfully, the different characters come alive in the reader's mind, and you find yourself emotionally involved in the affairs concerning fourth concubine, Lotus, as she slips into insanity. All of her anger and her frustrations are passionately described, in a way that the reader feels the struggles of what she is having to go through, and why at times, she strives to put on a face to show her gratitude for being accepted into a wealthy family, whilst she equally recognises her exploitation as a concubine and contemplates death.
The Opium Family and Nineteen Thirty Four Escapes are likewise, brutally vivid stories about the struggles of the poor, and how family life is torn apart. Fantastically told and depicted so vividly, they are hard stories to put down and return from 1930s China, to reality.
Of course particular credit has to be given to the novella 'Raise the Red Lantern', inspiring the award winning film of the same name. This story is told wonderfully, the different characters come alive in the reader's mind, and you find yourself emotionally involved in the affairs concerning fourth concubine, Lotus, as she slips into insanity. All of her anger and her frustrations are passionately described, in a way that the reader feels the struggles of what she is having to go through, and why at times, she strives to put on a face to show her gratitude for being accepted into a wealthy family, whilst she equally recognises her exploitation as a concubine and contemplates death.
The Opium Family and Nineteen Thirty Four Escapes are likewise, brutally vivid stories about the struggles of the poor, and how family life is torn apart. Fantastically told and depicted so vividly, they are hard stories to put down and return from 1930s China, to reality.
May 2, 2018
Epouses et Concubines.
By Su Tong (Born 1963)
The story is set in Northern China in the early twentieth century.
The wealthy Chinese patriarch Chen Zuoquian compensates his waning sexual performances by marrying ever younger candidates.
He is at wife number four with beautiful 20-year-old student Songlian. All is well at the beginning, but soon her attraction also wanes.
The older wives know how to handle the ageing husband, and soon the rivalry and jealousy turn to their advantage.
Wife number three, a beautiful former opera singer, is spied out and caught with a lover.
She will be treated for treason with the traditional cruellest punishment.
Young Songlian is terrified. She can see her life wasted before it even started, and alone with no hope for help from anyone.
Or is there?
This short novel reminds me of the great “Tale of Genji” but in a shortened and simplified version.
By Su Tong (Born 1963)
The story is set in Northern China in the early twentieth century.
The wealthy Chinese patriarch Chen Zuoquian compensates his waning sexual performances by marrying ever younger candidates.
He is at wife number four with beautiful 20-year-old student Songlian. All is well at the beginning, but soon her attraction also wanes.
The older wives know how to handle the ageing husband, and soon the rivalry and jealousy turn to their advantage.
Wife number three, a beautiful former opera singer, is spied out and caught with a lover.
She will be treated for treason with the traditional cruellest punishment.
Young Songlian is terrified. She can see her life wasted before it even started, and alone with no hope for help from anyone.
Or is there?
This short novel reminds me of the great “Tale of Genji” but in a shortened and simplified version.
July 17, 2023
Ho voluto dedicare la giornata festiva alla lettura di un romanzo di uno scrittore cinese moderno, parlo di Su Tong, nato nel 1963 e reso famoso dalla trasposizione cinematografica proprio di questo suo romanzo ad opera del regista Zhang Yimou col titolo di “Lanterne Rosse” che visto molti anni fa probabilmente in televisione e che mi riuscì gradito.
In realtà il romanzo non mi ha soddisfatto del tutto e l’ho trovato un po’ ripetitivo e scontato mancando di quell’originalità e modernità che mi sarei aspettato da un autore mio coetaneo e ritrovarmi con il cliché delle numerose e bizzose mogli di un ricco mercante di mezza età con il problema di far andare d’accordo quattro donne di differente estrazione sociale, età e potere all’interno della casa non è proprio il massimo. Il romanzo è scorrevole non lo nego, ma un po’ di delusione a fine lettura affiora.
In realtà il romanzo non mi ha soddisfatto del tutto e l’ho trovato un po’ ripetitivo e scontato mancando di quell’originalità e modernità che mi sarei aspettato da un autore mio coetaneo e ritrovarmi con il cliché delle numerose e bizzose mogli di un ricco mercante di mezza età con il problema di far andare d’accordo quattro donne di differente estrazione sociale, età e potere all’interno della casa non è proprio il massimo. Il romanzo è scorrevole non lo nego, ma un po’ di delusione a fine lettura affiora.
February 28, 2017
Αυτο το βιβλιο ανηκει εδω και πολλα χρονια στην πρωτη πεντ?δα με τα πολυαγαπημ?να μου... Ολη η καταπ?εση, η απαξ?ωση και η δ?ναμη τη? θεληση? μια? γυναικα? σε ενα βιβλιο... οχι, δεν ειναι φεμινιστικ?.. θα ελεγα μαλλον το αντ?θετο... Παρ?λα αυτ?, σου αφηνει εντονα την αισθηση τη? διανοητικ?? και ψυχικη? υπεροχη? τη? τελευταια? και αρα πιο ασ?μαντη? γυνα?κα? του συζ?γου αφ?ντη... κυρ?αρχου, μ?λλον αδι?φορου και παντελ?? αγνοο?ντο?; των διαπλοκων που εξελ?σσονται στο σπιτι του...
November 25, 2017
Another OMG read. While I loved "Raise the Red Lantern," "Nineteen Thirty-Four Escapes" was just as powerful. All three of these stories are beyond excellent, showcasing Su Tong's beautiful and eerie writing. Much more soon. Must recover from the holiday first.
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July 10, 2018
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November 12, 2022
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June 9, 2011
I initially bought this book because I'd seen the movie Raise the Red Latern and was intrigued to see whether the book was the same. In fact, the book differs somewhat, and in some ways I liked the differences, but the book made me think that the author was misogynostic. Although it is clear from the text (and history) that the women had no choice in becoming concubines, there seemed to be no sympathy for these women. Each was presented in a consistently bad light, especially in relation to the men in the story. Though the text shows that Lotus had little choice in sinking to virtual prostitution, there was little other discussion of the situation, a huges hole in the story to my way of thinking.
The two other novellas have the same kind of treatment of the women in the stories. Though there is lip service paid to the fact that they are poverty stricken and the men hold all the power, there is no sympathy for them. They are pawns, expendible and unloveable.
Several times in Raise the Red Latern one of the male characters says that he's afraid of women -- I suspect the author was speaking from his heart here and that his fear of women carries itself over into his fiction where he can demean and mistreat his female characters.
The two other novellas have the same kind of treatment of the women in the stories. Though there is lip service paid to the fact that they are poverty stricken and the men hold all the power, there is no sympathy for them. They are pawns, expendible and unloveable.
Several times in Raise the Red Latern one of the male characters says that he's afraid of women -- I suspect the author was speaking from his heart here and that his fear of women carries itself over into his fiction where he can demean and mistreat his female characters.
February 12, 2023
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January 3, 2023
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October 23, 2020
La famiglia di Songlian precipita in rovina e la giovane ragazza si trova costretta ad abbandonare gli studi universitari. Per sfuggire a una vita fatta di povertà, Songlian decide di sposarsi: diventerà così la quarta sposa, una concubina, del ricco Chen Zuoqian.
Nella Cina pre-rivoluzionaria l’uomo poteva infatti avere più di una moglie oltre che il diritto di scegliere con chi passare la notte. Si instaura così una competizione tra le donne della casa di Zuoqian che cercano il favore del marito; competizione fatta di sotterfugi, sguardi carichi d’odio e azioni vendicative, dove la solitudine può portare alla pazzia.
Con Mogli e concubine Su Tong ci offre uno scorcio su un pezzo di Storia cinese decisamente lontano dal nostro modo di vivere. Un racconto da cui è stato tratto anche un film, Lanterne rosse, che mi ha dato poco, probabilmente per dei personaggi più abbozzati che approfonditi.
Nonostante questo si riesce a percepire il dolore, l’odio, la difficoltà nel dover vivere e adattarsi a una situazione del genere dove non è contemplato nessun errore e nessuna scelta personale.
? una storia che inevitabilmente degenera col passare delle pagine, ma non mi aspettavo questo deterioramento finale, dove a consumarsi non è solo il corpo, ma anche e soprattutto lo spirito, l’animo e la sanità mentale. Una fine che mi ha sorpresa e colpita in positivo, nonostante la drammaticità in essa racchiusa.
Nella Cina pre-rivoluzionaria l’uomo poteva infatti avere più di una moglie oltre che il diritto di scegliere con chi passare la notte. Si instaura così una competizione tra le donne della casa di Zuoqian che cercano il favore del marito; competizione fatta di sotterfugi, sguardi carichi d’odio e azioni vendicative, dove la solitudine può portare alla pazzia.
Con Mogli e concubine Su Tong ci offre uno scorcio su un pezzo di Storia cinese decisamente lontano dal nostro modo di vivere. Un racconto da cui è stato tratto anche un film, Lanterne rosse, che mi ha dato poco, probabilmente per dei personaggi più abbozzati che approfonditi.
Nonostante questo si riesce a percepire il dolore, l’odio, la difficoltà nel dover vivere e adattarsi a una situazione del genere dove non è contemplato nessun errore e nessuna scelta personale.
? una storia che inevitabilmente degenera col passare delle pagine, ma non mi aspettavo questo deterioramento finale, dove a consumarsi non è solo il corpo, ma anche e soprattutto lo spirito, l’animo e la sanità mentale. Una fine che mi ha sorpresa e colpita in positivo, nonostante la drammaticità in essa racchiusa.
March 24, 2010
It's a poorly kept secret that I am a sucker for any mournful, bittersweet historic Chinese novel about the oppressive cultural struggles of strong, female protagonists. This is the third one of these in a row for me and I might call it the best so far in this sub-genre. So sad, so bittersweet, so painfully beautiful. How could anyone resist?
March 26, 2016
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Qu? v?y, b? phim d?a trên Thê thi?p ??y ?àn c?a T? ??ng mà trong ?èn l?ng ?? treo cao cao chính là truy?n ng?n cùng tên ??u tiên. Tuy nhiên, chi ti?t treo ?èn l?ng ?? kia thì kh?ng ???c gi?i thích ? ??u trong quy?n sách c?, k? c? chín truy?n ng?n còn l?i.
Th?i thì kh?ng có c?ng vi?t tí dòng.
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Thay vào ?ó là s? day d?t v? tình yêu và nhi?u th? khác.
?èn l?ng ?? treo cao cao: Tình yêu v? v?ng gi?a nh?ng bà v? và m?t g? ch?ng. ?àn ?ng n?m thê b?y thi?p là chuy?n m?ng, ?àn bà ph?i trung trinh n?u kh?ng ho?c s? ch?t ho?c s? ?iên. Trong này có nh?c ?èn l?ng ?? nh?ng là treo m?ng th? ?ng ch?ng kia, ch? nói gì ??n treo vào ?êm ?n ?n ái ái.
Ng??i ?àn bà qu? phái: Tình yêu v??t tu?i tác gi?a m?t góa ph? có hai ??a con và m?t c?u thi?u niên. Ki?u, h?y mau l?n lên ?? ???c yêu ?àng hoàng. Nh?ng gi?a ch?ng c?a s? tr??ng thành là n?m m? c? r?a s? ? nh?c b?o v? s? th?y chung.
Hoa t? anh anh: Khao khát tình yêu và tình d?c c?a nh?ng thi?u ph?. H?n c?, ?ó là còn là s? b?t r?t tr??c h?nh phúc c?a k? khác. Ki?u, gi? ng??i ta khoe h?nh phúc nhan nh?n trên Facebook khi?n kh?i ??a ghen t?c n? ?om ?óm m?t, có khi ch?t lu?n ?y.
Mùa thu h??ng cúc bay: Tình yêu ???c b?i ??p và chia ly b?i cu?c Cách m?ng V?n hóa. Ki?u, ch? có s? ra ?i c?a ph? n? m?i t? cáo t?t nh?t hành vi th?i nát v?i h?.
A-s?-ma bé b?ng: Tình yêu lay ??ng trái tim làm thay ??i con ng??i d??i ?áy x? h?i.
Ng??i ??p mang b?ng s? 30: ?i?n hình c?a ph? n? mu?n ch?ng t? b?n th?n ngoài x? h?i.
Chuyên gia “g? r?i t? lòng”: V? h?nh phúc mong manh d? v?. Ki?u, tr??c c? b? l? ba la khuyên ng??i ta th? này th? kia, ??n khi là ng??i trong cu?c r?i m?i v? l?. Oái ?m thi?t á ch?.
Hoa trong tuy?t: Thêm m?t tình yêu n?a ???c ??m m?m t? cu?c Cách m?ng V?n hóa, gi?a qu?n tr?i và ph?m nh?n. Hay mà ti?c.
Lo?n lu?n: Tình yêu ??nh ki?n cha ch?ng - con d?u, d?u t? gi?y ly h?n ?? gi?i thoát cho c? hai. Thêm vào ?ó, tình yêu ?y còn v??t qua c? khao khát ch?ng t? tài n?ng b?n th?n ?? t??ng ni?m ng??i ?? m?t. T?i.
Ng??i ?àn bà b?t h?nh: H?nh phúc c?a cha m? kh?ng ph?i là cu?c s?ng sung túc hay con cái thành ??t mà ??n gi?n h?n nhi?u, là ???c sum v?y cùng nhau. ??c truy?n này xong, t? h?i có nên vi?t v? gia ?ình mình.
Có l? do b?i c?nh x? h?i, quy?n sách có m?t màu ?? ?m ??m c?a s? tang th??ng, làm lu m? c? nh?ng h?nh phúc m?i le lói. ??c quy?n này, mình nh? ??n M?t n?a ?àn ?ng là ?àn bà c?ng l?ng v?ng s? b?c b?i trong th?i k? Cách m?ng V?n hóa ? Trung Qu?c. Nói chung, cái gì n?a n?c n?a m? c?ng ?y ?y.
Chính t? c?a nó c?ng tang th??ng l?m l?m. Ban ??u còn ?ánh d?u, ri?t chán, b? m? lu?n.
Mình mua quy?n này vì nó cùng tên v?i m?t b? phim mà nhà báo H?nh Dung ?? nh?c trong m?t bài vi?t trên Ph? N? Online. R?ng cái phim ?y - ?èn l?ng ?? treo cao, có m?t s?c ám ?nh ??n k? l?. R?ng ng??i ta s? treo nh?ng ng?n ?èn l?ng ?? bên ngoài c?n phòng c?a ng??i ?àn bà ???c ch?ng ch?n ?? vui v?y ?n ái ?êm ?ó.
Qu? v?y, b? phim d?a trên Thê thi?p ??y ?àn c?a T? ??ng mà trong ?èn l?ng ?? treo cao cao chính là truy?n ng?n cùng tên ??u tiên. Tuy nhiên, chi ti?t treo ?èn l?ng ?? kia thì kh?ng ???c gi?i thích ? ??u trong quy?n sách c?, k? c? chín truy?n ng?n còn l?i.
Th?i thì kh?ng có c?ng vi?t tí dòng.
?i h?t truy?n ??u tiên th?y m?t màu u ám và m?t mùi u ám. Qua truy?n th? hai thì th?y b?t u ám nh?ng l?i v?n u ám. Hai truy?n ti?p theo thì b? m?, mình t??ng quy?n này ch?c toàn vi?t v? m?y ng??i s? c?m ch?c cái ch?t nh?ng truy?n th? n?m ?? c?t ??t chu?i ch?t liên hoàn này. R?i cái mình ngh?, có khi quy?n sách chia làm hai, ch?t và s?ng. ?y v?y mà xong h?t trang cu?i r?i thì th?y ch? có cái tr?t t? ch?t s?ng gì trong này.
Thay vào ?ó là s? day d?t v? tình yêu và nhi?u th? khác.
?èn l?ng ?? treo cao cao: Tình yêu v? v?ng gi?a nh?ng bà v? và m?t g? ch?ng. ?àn ?ng n?m thê b?y thi?p là chuy?n m?ng, ?àn bà ph?i trung trinh n?u kh?ng ho?c s? ch?t ho?c s? ?iên. Trong này có nh?c ?èn l?ng ?? nh?ng là treo m?ng th? ?ng ch?ng kia, ch? nói gì ??n treo vào ?êm ?n ?n ái ái.
Ng??i ?àn bà qu? phái: Tình yêu v??t tu?i tác gi?a m?t góa ph? có hai ??a con và m?t c?u thi?u niên. Ki?u, h?y mau l?n lên ?? ???c yêu ?àng hoàng. Nh?ng gi?a ch?ng c?a s? tr??ng thành là n?m m? c? r?a s? ? nh?c b?o v? s? th?y chung.
Hoa t? anh anh: Khao khát tình yêu và tình d?c c?a nh?ng thi?u ph?. H?n c?, ?ó là còn là s? b?t r?t tr??c h?nh phúc c?a k? khác. Ki?u, gi? ng??i ta khoe h?nh phúc nhan nh?n trên Facebook khi?n kh?i ??a ghen t?c n? ?om ?óm m?t, có khi ch?t lu?n ?y.
Mùa thu h??ng cúc bay: Tình yêu ???c b?i ??p và chia ly b?i cu?c Cách m?ng V?n hóa. Ki?u, ch? có s? ra ?i c?a ph? n? m?i t? cáo t?t nh?t hành vi th?i nát v?i h?.
A-s?-ma bé b?ng: Tình yêu lay ??ng trái tim làm thay ??i con ng??i d??i ?áy x? h?i.
Ng??i ??p mang b?ng s? 30: ?i?n hình c?a ph? n? mu?n ch?ng t? b?n th?n ngoài x? h?i.
Chuyên gia “g? r?i t? lòng”: V? h?nh phúc mong manh d? v?. Ki?u, tr??c c? b? l? ba la khuyên ng??i ta th? này th? kia, ??n khi là ng??i trong cu?c r?i m?i v? l?. Oái ?m thi?t á ch?.
Hoa trong tuy?t: Thêm m?t tình yêu n?a ???c ??m m?m t? cu?c Cách m?ng V?n hóa, gi?a qu?n tr?i và ph?m nh?n. Hay mà ti?c.
Lo?n lu?n: Tình yêu ??nh ki?n cha ch?ng - con d?u, d?u t? gi?y ly h?n ?? gi?i thoát cho c? hai. Thêm vào ?ó, tình yêu ?y còn v??t qua c? khao khát ch?ng t? tài n?ng b?n th?n ?? t??ng ni?m ng??i ?? m?t. T?i.
Ng??i ?àn bà b?t h?nh: H?nh phúc c?a cha m? kh?ng ph?i là cu?c s?ng sung túc hay con cái thành ??t mà ??n gi?n h?n nhi?u, là ???c sum v?y cùng nhau. ??c truy?n này xong, t? h?i có nên vi?t v? gia ?ình mình.
Có l? do b?i c?nh x? h?i, quy?n sách có m?t màu ?? ?m ??m c?a s? tang th??ng, làm lu m? c? nh?ng h?nh phúc m?i le lói. ??c quy?n này, mình nh? ??n M?t n?a ?àn ?ng là ?àn bà c?ng l?ng v?ng s? b?c b?i trong th?i k? Cách m?ng V?n hóa ? Trung Qu?c. Nói chung, cái gì n?a n?c n?a m? c?ng ?y ?y.
Chính t? c?a nó c?ng tang th??ng l?m l?m. Ban ??u còn ?ánh d?u, ri?t chán, b? m? lu?n.
April 30, 2023
Una scrittura molto scarna, e forse per questo molto bella.
Attraverso il matrimonio di Suglian e la sua "discesa negli inferi", Su Tong descrive perfettamente l'umiliante condizione femminile nella Cina pre-Mao.
Da questo libro il bellissimo film "Lanterne Rosse" di Zhang Yimou con una bellissima Gong Li come Suglian (e adesso lo cerco e me lo vado a riguardare).
Attraverso il matrimonio di Suglian e la sua "discesa negli inferi", Su Tong descrive perfettamente l'umiliante condizione femminile nella Cina pre-Mao.
Da questo libro il bellissimo film "Lanterne Rosse" di Zhang Yimou con una bellissima Gong Li come Suglian (e adesso lo cerco e me lo vado a riguardare).
September 10, 2018
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This novel has changed my view over Feminism and Female Empowerment. In short words, it made me realise the ones we must fight against more fiercely to become fully independet is, paradoxally, ourselves as a class. Women have always been, and continue up to today, to constitute, our worst enemies. Alllow me to elaborate, if you will.
China, 1930's. Mao hasn't rised yet and the country remains more similar to feudalism than modern XXth Century would suggest. Wealthy men can have one official wife but as many concubines as they wish, choices for women are very narrowed and most of the people has no access to formal education, therefore few citizens know how to read. This information will be important to the plot development at some point, so save it. Uneducated peasants and servants treated almost as slaves with no laboral laws and (heavily ignorant traditions) constitute most of the chinese population.
Lotus is a young adult girl in college whose father has commited suicide after going bankrupt. Lotus has a fork on the road in front of her: she can either marry and be supported by her husband or work to support herself. Unlike many average chinese folks, she is able to actually chose a path, nevertheless, rather na?vely, she choses the worst option avaliable: to become the fourth wife (or third concubine, as you wish) of a wealthy and much older man. What was she thinking, that she would be taken care of by a sugar daddy and live happily even after ruling the servants, being spoilt and massaged as if in a spa and treated with tenderness and support by the other wives as with her mother and aunties? Poor Lotus. Her failure to understand the dynamics of the social system will cost her dearly.
Introduced to her Master/husband and his wives, Lotus is bewildered by their contrasting behaviour. The Master is imperious and capricious, the first wife (Joy) is magnanimous (after all, she is the legitimate spouse), the second wife is apparently nice but cunning/passive aggressive and the third wife is openly adamant, competitive and unsympathetic, clearly unhappy with the loss of status the acquisition of a younger wife implies. The servants, Lotus quickly realises, will only pay respects and attention on the specific days the Master spends the night in her chambers. As for the others, she is helped by a servant clearly dismissive of hers.
There is a symbolic relevance within the names of the characters, as they contain both the qualities and fates of those they belong to. Lotus means spirituality, pureness and female perfection, the first wife is named Joy, after all, she is the most fortunate one, the second wife's name is Cloud, implying her deceitful nature, the third wife is Coral, beautiful though hard to handle and last but not least, Lotus' servant is called Swallow.
Swallow is very envious of Lotus' position as an educated, well bred and, most importantly, able to become a wife woman. She is clearly in love with the Master and plots against Lotus with Cloud. One day, when Lotus discovers a type of vodoo spell against her and guesses Swallow could not have done it by herself (once she is clearly illiterate), she uncovers Cloud as her equally envious enemy. Possessed by passionate hatred, Lotus forces the servant to swallow dirty toilet paper and cuts off a piece of the ear of Cloud, who storms off, revealing her true self while in pain. Way to go, Lotus, surrender to the Dark Side, embrace the darkness and enforce the patriarchy! #NotSoMuch
However, the passionate revenge against Cloud bring an unexpected ally: Coral, who approaches Lotus in complimentary attitude. Unfortunately, Coral is much more subversive than Lotus, as she is lovers with the family doctor, drinks alcohol and plays majongue at night, instead of submissively waiting for the Master to attend to her chambers. Also, Lotus becomes estranded of the husband once she falls in love with Joy's son, much closer to her both in age and educational level. Unfortunaly, the young master is unable to reciprocate her affections, leaving her sexually frustrated and intellectually bored. Lotus' inability to manage the domestic situation strenghtens the second wife, as Cloud reads situations much more easily and schemes accordingly.
Coral is finally caught cheating the Master, being condenmed to death (according to ancient traditions) and thrown into a haunting well. Her fate is being deeply confined into dark waters, as hinted by her name. Witnessing Coral's murder drives Lotus insane, removing her from the domestic meaness and delivering her to the pronounced destiny of idealistic perfection and pureness. Once mad, Lotus is restored to her original state of childish innocence, as her name suggests.
So, what is the Feminist message of this novel? Don't fight other women - when you tear down a fellow sister, you bring destruction upon yourself. What is the Female Empowerment solution? I don't know. What is the most relevant assertment? Patriarchy feeds on women rivalty, ignorance and male supremacy based on traditions rather than Education. It saddens me to realise how little our world has changed since then.
China, 1930's. Mao hasn't rised yet and the country remains more similar to feudalism than modern XXth Century would suggest. Wealthy men can have one official wife but as many concubines as they wish, choices for women are very narrowed and most of the people has no access to formal education, therefore few citizens know how to read. This information will be important to the plot development at some point, so save it. Uneducated peasants and servants treated almost as slaves with no laboral laws and (heavily ignorant traditions) constitute most of the chinese population.
Lotus is a young adult girl in college whose father has commited suicide after going bankrupt. Lotus has a fork on the road in front of her: she can either marry and be supported by her husband or work to support herself. Unlike many average chinese folks, she is able to actually chose a path, nevertheless, rather na?vely, she choses the worst option avaliable: to become the fourth wife (or third concubine, as you wish) of a wealthy and much older man. What was she thinking, that she would be taken care of by a sugar daddy and live happily even after ruling the servants, being spoilt and massaged as if in a spa and treated with tenderness and support by the other wives as with her mother and aunties? Poor Lotus. Her failure to understand the dynamics of the social system will cost her dearly.
Introduced to her Master/husband and his wives, Lotus is bewildered by their contrasting behaviour. The Master is imperious and capricious, the first wife (Joy) is magnanimous (after all, she is the legitimate spouse), the second wife is apparently nice but cunning/passive aggressive and the third wife is openly adamant, competitive and unsympathetic, clearly unhappy with the loss of status the acquisition of a younger wife implies. The servants, Lotus quickly realises, will only pay respects and attention on the specific days the Master spends the night in her chambers. As for the others, she is helped by a servant clearly dismissive of hers.
There is a symbolic relevance within the names of the characters, as they contain both the qualities and fates of those they belong to. Lotus means spirituality, pureness and female perfection, the first wife is named Joy, after all, she is the most fortunate one, the second wife's name is Cloud, implying her deceitful nature, the third wife is Coral, beautiful though hard to handle and last but not least, Lotus' servant is called Swallow.
Swallow is very envious of Lotus' position as an educated, well bred and, most importantly, able to become a wife woman. She is clearly in love with the Master and plots against Lotus with Cloud. One day, when Lotus discovers a type of vodoo spell against her and guesses Swallow could not have done it by herself (once she is clearly illiterate), she uncovers Cloud as her equally envious enemy. Possessed by passionate hatred, Lotus forces the servant to swallow dirty toilet paper and cuts off a piece of the ear of Cloud, who storms off, revealing her true self while in pain. Way to go, Lotus, surrender to the Dark Side, embrace the darkness and enforce the patriarchy! #NotSoMuch
However, the passionate revenge against Cloud bring an unexpected ally: Coral, who approaches Lotus in complimentary attitude. Unfortunately, Coral is much more subversive than Lotus, as she is lovers with the family doctor, drinks alcohol and plays majongue at night, instead of submissively waiting for the Master to attend to her chambers. Also, Lotus becomes estranded of the husband once she falls in love with Joy's son, much closer to her both in age and educational level. Unfortunaly, the young master is unable to reciprocate her affections, leaving her sexually frustrated and intellectually bored. Lotus' inability to manage the domestic situation strenghtens the second wife, as Cloud reads situations much more easily and schemes accordingly.
Coral is finally caught cheating the Master, being condenmed to death (according to ancient traditions) and thrown into a haunting well. Her fate is being deeply confined into dark waters, as hinted by her name. Witnessing Coral's murder drives Lotus insane, removing her from the domestic meaness and delivering her to the pronounced destiny of idealistic perfection and pureness. Once mad, Lotus is restored to her original state of childish innocence, as her name suggests.
So, what is the Feminist message of this novel? Don't fight other women - when you tear down a fellow sister, you bring destruction upon yourself. What is the Female Empowerment solution? I don't know. What is the most relevant assertment? Patriarchy feeds on women rivalty, ignorance and male supremacy based on traditions rather than Education. It saddens me to realise how little our world has changed since then.
September 28, 2014
Beautifully written novellas that symbolizes the brutality and repression of Chinese history at the turn of the 20th Century. Su Tong's three novellas speak on the surface of gender and sexual repression, but underneath that layer it is brilliant and brutal humanization of a culture that has repressed itself for centuries.
While "Raise the Red Lantern" carries the title of this collection, "Opium Family" is my favorite novella of the three. It reminds me a lot of Anton Chekov's "The Cherry Orchard," in that it is the story of a family tied to a quasi-feudal power structure and its last gasping moments before sweeping cultural changes and how it deals with the loss of its identity. It is a complex tale of repressed sexuality and power. It is a brilliant pience that lacks the cinematic appeal of "Raise the Red Lantern," but a tour de force.
While "Raise the Red Lantern" carries the title of this collection, "Opium Family" is my favorite novella of the three. It reminds me a lot of Anton Chekov's "The Cherry Orchard," in that it is the story of a family tied to a quasi-feudal power structure and its last gasping moments before sweeping cultural changes and how it deals with the loss of its identity. It is a complex tale of repressed sexuality and power. It is a brilliant pience that lacks the cinematic appeal of "Raise the Red Lantern," but a tour de force.
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