Book description
Yongshan is taking her son back to Licheng to visit relatives, and to
see the town where she grew up. But when they get there, all she could
find were desolate houses. Even the people on the street seemed not to
recognise her. But then, in the rubble of her old neighbourhood,
Yongshan finds something to grab hold of - a memento of the past.
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously
published in the collection Madwoman on the Bridge.
Born in 1963 in Suzhou and now living in Beijing with his family, Su
Tong is one of China's most celebrated bestselling authors, shooting to
international fame in 1993 when Zhang Yimou's film of his novella
Raise the Red Lantern
was nominated for an Oscar. His first short story collection
Madwoman on the Bridge
was published by Black Swan in 2008.
