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Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke

ISBN: 9781921520181 PUBLISHER: Text Publishing Co FORMAT: Paperback PAGES: 256 PUBLICATION DATE: 1.04.2010 DIMENSIONS: 230mmX152mm

DESCRIPTION: The life and death of an entire community is told by a dead boy. His story reveals the moral vacuum at the heart of Communist-capitalist China. During a blood-contamination scandal in Henan province, villagers sell their blood, their coffins, and then arrange marriages for their own dead family members in the afterlife. Dream of Ding Village will make you laugh out loud just as you are gasping in horror. Yan Lianke is a genius storyteller of the moving and absurd antics of people forced to live under an inhuman regime. 'I come from the bottom of society. All my relatives live in Henan, one of the poorest areas of China. When I think of people's situation there, it is impossible not to feel angry and emotional. Anger and passion are the soul of my work.' Yan Lianke

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