Rice - Couverture souple

Tong, Su

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 068481756X ISBN 13 : 9780684817569

Editeur : Pocket Books, 1997

Synopsis

The first novel by the author of "Raise the Red Lantern". In 1930s China, rice is power, influence, sexual potency and the means of survival. This is the story of a country boy who migrates to the city and becomes owner of a rice emporium, his volatile wives, and his dangerous, violent children.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

RICE is the story of raw ambition and sexual potency. When Five Dragons, a poor country boy, chances his fortune in the city, his brutal humiliation at the hands of a gang of wharf rats hones his purpose to a knife-edge. His desire for power and women is insatiable, and when he marries Cloud Weave, the disgraced beautiful daughter of a wealthy rice emporium owner, and inherits the business, fulfilment beckons. But men tire easily of their playthings in this wayward family and Cloud Weave rejects the shackles of female convention. She wants to play by her own rules and they are in stark contrast to the behaviour of a man in thrall to the increasing dysfunction of his sexual obsession.

Biographie de l'auteur

Su Tong was born in Suchow in 1963, and graduated from Beijing University with a degree in Chinese literature. He lives in Nanjing, China.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pocket Books
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 068481756X
• ISBN 13: 9780684817569
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible