![]() Sadly, they reuse needles and other equipment, and thereby contaminate donors so that, before too long, an entire village is suffering from “the fever”. These banks, which are run by blood merchants, pay poor peasants meagre sums for any blood they donate. ![]() It is set in a village in rural China devastated by the AIDS virus, which has been spread by the unfettered and wholly unregulated business of blood banks. Nevertheless, it’s an important story - and one that needs to be told if we are to learn anything about the value of our health, prevention of disease and the importance of proper regulated medical care. I read Yan Lianke’s Dream of Ding Village while lying by a pool on the Greek island of Rhodes and I have to say this did not make for a good holiday read - it was far too grim and oppressive to truly enjoy while soaking up the sunshine. ![]() Translated from the Chinese by Cindy Carter. Fiction – Kindle edition Corsair 352 pages 2011. ![]()
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