5/9/2023 0 Comments Dream of ding village reviewThe directors hope to drain the townspeople of their blood and sell it to the villages near and far. Set in a poor village in Henan Province, it is a deeply moving and beautifully written account of a blood-selling scandal in contemporary China.Īs the book opens, Ding Village’s town directors, looking for a way to lift their village from poverty, decide to open a dozen blood-plasma collection stations. Officially censored upon its original Chinese publication, Dream of Ding Village is Chinese novelist Yan Lianke’s most important novel to date. ‘The defining work of his career not just an elegantly crafted piece of literature but a devastating critique of China’s runaway development.’ Jonathan Watts, Guardian We recommend it fervently.’ Boyd Tonkin, Head of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Jury So we wished to give a special commendation to Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke, translated by Cindy Carter. It tells a dramatic, lyrical, courageous and in the end heart-breaking story of modern China and the people who have to cope with its bewildering transformations. ‘This was a novel that gained warm and vigorous support throughout the judging process.
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