← Ding LingThe Sun Shines Over the Sanggan Riverby Ding LingEpic of land reform and social upheaval in China during the 1940sFind on Amazon↗About the authorDing LingChinese feminist novelist and Communist Party member whose career spanned triumph and persecution. Miss Sophie's Diary was a scandalous feminist masterpiece; her later fate under Mao exemplified the tragedy of revolutionary intellectuals.More by Ding LingMiss Sophie's DiaryDiary form novella of a young woman's forbidden desires and social restrictions→When I Was in Xia VillageNovella about a woman's trauma and recovery following wartime sexual violence→Mother→I Myself Am a WomanEssays and reflections on women's identity and writing in modern China→