Dream of Ding Village
Author | Yan Lianke |
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Original title |
丁庄梦 Ding zhuang meng |
Translator | Cindy Carter |
Country | China |
Language | Chinese |
Publisher | Shanghai wenyi |
Publication date | 2006 |
Published in English | 2011 |
Pages | 288 |
ISBN | 9787532129485 |
Dream of Ding Village (Chinese: 丁庄梦, Ding zhuang meng) is a 2006 novel by the Chinese writer Yan Lianke. The 2011 English translation by Cindy Carter, published in the UK by Grove Press, was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.[1]
It is a story based on the blood sales in rural Henan province that sparked a major AIDS crisis in China. After the first edition sold out, it was banned -- no more copies can be printed in China. Yan Lianke has stated in numerous published interviews that the book could have been better if he had not been self-censoring himself to ensure it could be published.
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- ↑ Tonkin, Boyd (2012-04-13). "'Independent' Foreign Fiction Prize shortlist: A whole world in their words". The Independent. Retrieved 2012-04-14.