Book description
Tan Feng was my one and only friend in Sichuan. He was the same age
as me: about eight or nine. Tan Feng's family lived next door to us,
and their other kids were all girls, so you can imagine how they
spoiled their only boy. They really adored him, but they didn't know
what he got up to. Tan Feng stole things.
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.
