 First edition (Chinese) | |
| Author | Yan Lianke |
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| Original title | 丁庄梦 Ding zhuang meng |
| Translator | Cindy Carter |
| Language | Chinese |
| Publisher | Shanghai wenyi |
Publication date | 2006 |
| Publication place | China |
Published in English | 2011 |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 9787532129485 |
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| Simplified Chinese | 丁庄梦 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 丁莊夢 | ||||||
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Dream of Ding Village (Chinese: 丁庄梦; pinyin: Dīng zhuāng mèng) 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 interviews that the book could have been better if he had not been self-censoring himself to ensure it could be published.[2] This ban is said to have been lifted in 2011.[3]
In 2011, a film adaptation of this novel named Love for Life was released in China, which is directed by Gu Changwei and stars Zhang Ziyi and Aaron Kwok.[4]
- ^ Tonkin, Boyd (2012-04-13). "'Independent' Foreign Fiction Prize shortlist: A whole world in their words". The Independent. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
- ^ Watts, Jonathan (9 October 2006). "Censor sees through writer's guile in tale of China's blood-selling scandal". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ Li, Yiyun (22 April 2011). "Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Zhang Ziyi to star in China AIDS film". The Hollywood Reporter. 2010-05-18.