Su Tong
Forfatter af Raise the Red Lantern
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Lumea de orez 3 eksemplarer
I due volti del mondo: storie di Fengyangshu 3 eksemplarer
Raise the Red Lantern( Three Novellas)[RAISE THE RED LANTERN PERENNIA][Paperback] (2004) 2 eksemplarer
Manna från himlen 2 eksemplarer
Dieux et démons 1 eksemplar
Li hun zhi nan (Zhongguo dang dai zhu ming zuo jia xin zuo da xi) (Mandarin Chinese Edition) (1993) 1 eksemplar
Le mythe de Meng by Su Tong; Marie Laureillard 1 eksemplar
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- Kanonisk navn
- Tong, Su
- Juridisk navn
- Tong Zhonggui
- Fødselsdato
- 1963-01-23
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- China (birth)
- Bopæl
- Suzhou, China
Nanjing, China - Uddannelse
- Beijing Normal University (Chinese literature degree)
- Erhverv
- author
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Man Booker International Prize Finalist (2011)
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- Værker
- 44
- Also by
- 3
- Medlemmer
- 1,128
- Popularitet
- #22,766
- Vurdering
- 3.5
- Anmeldelser
- 28
- ISBN
- 152
- Sprog
- 11
- Udvalgt
- 4
Thankfully, this is a well translated book with a simple yet poetic justice approach that made this book work. However, I did find there were too many fillers that sort of lengthen the book itself hence it is a rather thick read. It had me flipping through a lot wondering when it will end. Aside from that, it was illustrated nicely of the surroundings and plots with a straight worded descriptive prose.
Overall, the book shares the indifference in culture, filial piety and civic consciousness of a small town. Most believing in their upbringing, praying to the God and respecting their ancestors and elderly. Bad luck and untoward wrath will come upon those who ignore. It sure seems like a book of mindful teaching with a philosophical approach to me, with Confucius, Buddhism and Christianity addled into this book.
I would recommend this book to someone who can patiently read through the story and understanding the moral of it all. It may be dark but it sure has lots of hidden messages and teachings to be digested. All in all, it eventually became a nice book to dwell on. I especially liked the third part, Fairy Princess' perils and dilemma. The ending was truly unexpected yet worth the effort to finally finished reading it. That twist though... so reminded me of Murakami's style of writing.… (mere)