Wisconsin Book Festival Presents Yan Lianke for Dream of Ding Village
Presented in partnership with the UW Center for the Humanities as part of the 2020-2021 Great World Texts in Wisconsin program, Yan Lianke is a Chinese novelist frequently mentioned for the Nobel Prize for Literature; he’s often called the country’s most controversial writer. In this special virtual Humanities Without Boundaries talk, Yan will discuss his experiences researching and writing Dream of Ding Village, the prescient story of a public health crisis of the 1990s when rural villages selling their blood led to an AIDS outbreak. He will reflect on the novel’s perspective on pandemic profiteering, government corruption, as well as trauma and hope.
Join us at: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vf--tqD4vHdQh_XLxX7l3Rt1NR0NpL1Se
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