A Conversation with Su Tong

Su Tong, a fixture among Chinese fiction for decades, achieved international fame when his novel Wives and Concubines was adapted in 1993 by director Zhang Yimou into the Oscar-nominated film Raise the Red Lantern, and then again in 2009 when his novel The Boat to Redemption won the Man Asian Literary Prize. In this interview conducted by Montana State University Professor Hua Li, Su Tong delves into a range of his lesser-known works that are collectively called the Toon Street Series. Here the author speaks to these coming-of-age narratives in relation to his more recent works like The Boat to Redemption.