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Banned in China, Dream of Ding Village is acclaimed Chinese novelist Yan Lianke’s most important and controversial novel to date— a passionate and steely critique of the rate at which China is developing—and what happens to those who get in the way.
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"This book deals with a true crisis in China, blood selling in poor villages that led to an AIDS epidemic which eventually decimated families and destroyed whole communities. I was absolutely horrified by the corruption and ignorance that contributed to this scandal. The book was worth reading from a historical perspective, but not for entertainment."
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Dream of Ding Village Yan Lianke Cindy Carter Books Reviews :
Dream of Ding Village Yan Lianke Cindy Carter Books Reviews
- A warning this is a bleak tale; it flows from an historical event the spread of HIV AIDS infection in Henan Province through careless blood collection procedures. When word reached high government officials that AIDS had come to China and was spreading rapidly the initial reaction was to deny and ignore, not unlike what happened in other countries. That was the real world, Yan Lianke turns those events into a masterful tale about the nature of mankind; so how to read Dream of Ding Village enjoyably?
In a way, it is a tender story narrated by Ding Qiang a murdered twelve year old son of Ding Hui who observes the happening in Ding Village through the interactions of his loved and admired Grandpa Ding Shuiyang, the Professor. This approach will allow you to observe the horrible events that follow with some detachment.
An alternative would be to read what follows in the tale as a cleaver step by step advancement by a low level peasant to the pinnacle of possible wealth and success by just understanding the possibilities opening up and taking advantage of them without moral reservation – a highway to success (with a bump in it).
Yan Lianke combines these happenings into what for me took on the nature of a Page Turner, you may find the same joy in this Dream of Ding Village. - "Dream of Ding Village" by Yan Lianke is a very well-written and well-translated book. The prose is easy to read and comprehend, despite the heavy subject matter.
The book is about a rural village suffering from the AIDS epidemic. The epidemic was brought to the villagers by unregulated entrepreneurs who bought blood from almost everyone in the village. There was an economic "boom" in the village that led to a major disruption in their farming lives. The father of the narrator was one of the most prolific and dangerous blood buyers. The book follows the reaction of villagers as he rises through party ranks to become a major corrupt politician in the county. His own father, the narrator's grandfather, struggles with his son's rise because he knows it was at the cost of the AIDS epidemic. The grandfather attempted a relief effort for the villagers, but otherwise, there was very little help from the government. Nearly every character in "Dream of Ding Village" is tragic in one way or another. Some of the descriptions are heartbreaking.
The author and the translator create wonderful images. Reading the book, it was easy to imagine the village's courtyards, threshing grounds, and the dusty paths leading to and from. The book is full of tragedies both great and small. It is certainly not for the faint of heart. Some reviewers have compared Yan Lianke to Camus or Kafka. Unfortunately, this book is neither absurdest nor allegorical. It is based on true, tragic events. - The book gives a very real and detailed look into the devastation that AIDS, deceit and greed had on a Chinese village. The writing was beautiful, almost lyrical. The scenes and people become real characters. I very much enjoyed the weaving of the writing, rather like a fine rug or tapestry. The author obviously knows his subject. The book felt sow reading early on but picked up speed as I read further and further. Loved the final few chapters. I recommend this for anyone wishing to know how HIV impacted a small village, this one just happened to be in China. I can see WHY this was banned in China.
- The narrator is dead, and nearly all the characters in the book are doomed by HIV, with exception of the caring and humble grandfather. The story is based on a time in China, not so long ago, when blood was bought on the open market and aspring peasants sold it often, unaware of their risks. Collusion between the government and traders allowed the AIDS epidemic to wipe out villages.
- This book deals with a true crisis in China, blood selling in poor villages that led to an AIDS epidemic which eventually decimated families and destroyed whole communities. I was absolutely horrified by the corruption and ignorance that contributed to this scandal. The book was worth reading from a historical perspective, but not for entertainment.
- Yan Lianke is a writer I will keep in mind over the coming years. His prose is very bare, but the images are sharp and powerful. The story is tragicomic in the best sort of way, equal parts lamentable and understandable. And the subject matter is utterly heartbreaking. A powerful and refined account of a serious issue, addressed in only the way good fiction can.
Absolutely worth reading. - Heartbreaking and amazing. Read it if you have any interest on HIV, blood merchants, China, or illness in the modern age.
- Greed, corruption, paranoia, greed, pettiness, vindictiveness, greed, hopelessness, amorality, greed, ecological destruction, death, and greed. It's an existentialist portrayal of AIDS in rural Henan province. The author shows no mercy toward the reader. The book is well deserving of the numerous awards it has received.
