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Yan Lianke - Dream of Ding Village
Released: 21/04/2011
Corsair.
From arguably one of the most important writers in China to date, Yan Lianke’s harrowing tale of the Henan province blood-selling scandal that led to massive AIDS contamination was banned on its original publication in China. Based on Lianke’s three-year undercover investigations, this is an unapologetic condemnation of unchecked development.
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The Independent“A biblical narrative...” A grotesque parable of the dire consequences of China's capitalist love-affair and unrestrained development. In a particularly potent scene an elaborate coffin is engraved with all that the deceased could desire in death – including a refrigerator.
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Publishers Weekly“A brilliant and harrowing novel...” Carter does a crystalline translation of Lianke's brazen, unflinching portrayal of a community in the throes of collapse...
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The Boston Globe“A horrifying social critique and as a perversely gripping Gothic tale...” You might call it a Chinese retelling of “The Plague,’’ but it is more poetic, full of drifting leaves and windswept plains, and more melodramatic. With its rural setting and archetypal characters, it reads like a fable, unmoored from time...
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Booklist“A must-read for anyone interested in present-day China...” Communist ideals battle against capitalistic impulses and human nature in this grand, layered novel...
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