{"product_id":"9780802195968","title":"Dream of Ding Village","description":"\u003cb\u003eKnown for his controversial and experimental novels, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Day the Sun Died \u003c\/i\u003edelivers a scathing portrayal of China’s moral failings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Officially censored upon its Chinese publication, \u003ci\u003eDream of Ding Village \u003c\/i\u003eis based on a real-life blood-selling scandal in eastern China. The novel is the result of three years of undercover work by Yan Lianke, who worked as an assistant to a well-known Beijing anthropologist in an effort to study a small village decimated by HIV\/AIDS as a result of unregulated blood selling. Whole villages were wiped out with no responsibility taken or reparations paid.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDream of Ding Village \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on one family, destroyed when one son rises to the top of the party pile as he exploits the situation, while another son is infected and dies. The result is a passionate and steely critique of the rate at which China is developing and what happens to those who get in the way.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Lianke confronts the black market blood trade and the subsequent AIDS epidemic it sparked, in a brilliant and harrowing novel.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128692392176,"sku":"9780802195968","price":11.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802195968_p0.jpg?v=1769906857","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802195968","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}