The House of Opium Poppies is a collection of four novellas by Su Tong published in 2025 as part of People's Literature Publishing House's classic series. It includes The House of Opium Poppies, Flight in 1934, Soaring Over My Maple Village, and Three Lamps.

Written when Su Tong was just 25, The House of Opium Poppies first appeared in Harvest magazine and immediately stunned the literary world, hailed as "one of the finest Chinese novellas of the past century" and an essential classic of contemporary fiction.

Set during southern China's opium epidemic in 1930s, the story exposes the greed consuming Maple Village. Landlord Liu Laoxia expands his poppy empire through ruthless cunning, amassing wealth while breeding hatred. His farmhand Chen Mao, seeking vengeance, defiles Liu's bloodline and later unleashes violent retribution upon Liu's children during the revolutionary tides. "Either I'm the dog, or they are——that's the only way it can be."

Written with apocalyptic beauty, the novella holds up a mirror to Chinese family legacies—where readers recognize their ancestors, parents, and themselves.