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Under the Hawthorn Tree, by Ai Mi, translated by Anna Holmwood, Virago, RRP£12.99, 352 pages
Ai Mi’s love story Under the Hawthorn Tree has sold one million copies in China and been adapted into a film by the celebrated director Zhang Yimou, yet it remains shrouded in mystery. Details about Ai Mi – a pseudonym – are in short supply. All we know is that she left China to study in Florida, and that the novel, first released serially online and then printed by a state-backed publisher, is inspired by real-life events.
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