Dream of Ding Village

From 'one of the masters of modern Chinese literature' (Jung Chang), a searing novel that traces the destruction of a community in Communist China.

Told through the eyes of Xiao Qiang, a young boy killed by his family's neighbours, this seminal novel tells the tragic and shocking story of the blood-contamination scandal in China's Henan province.

Villagers, coerced into selling vast quantities of blood for money, contract the AIDS virus after being injected with plasma to prevent anaemia. Whole communities are wiped out as the illness spreads, with no responsibility taken or reparation made. As Xiao narrates the fate of the village, his family is torn apart by suspicion and retribution...

'The defining work of his career... A devastating critique of China's runaway development' Guardian