← Ding LingWhen I Was in Xia Villageby Ding LingNovella about a woman's trauma and recovery following wartime sexual violenceFind 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→The Sun Shines Over the Sanggan RiverEpic of land reform and social upheaval in China during the 1940s→Mother→I Myself Am a WomanEssays and reflections on women's identity and writing in modern China→
