Dream of Ding Village

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Yan Lianke was born in 1958. He is the author of a number of novels, including Serve the People, also published by Text Publishing. He has received many literary awards, the most prestigious being the Lu Xun in 2000 and the Lao She in 2004. Yan Lianke lives in Bejing.

Cindy Carter is a Beijing-based translator of Chinese fiction, films, essays and poetry. Her translation of Xiaolu Guo’s novel Village of Stone was shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

The Cupbearer’s Dream

In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; and in the vine there were three branches and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.

The Baker’s Dream

I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head; and in the uppermost basket there was all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh, and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

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