Originally published in Chinese as Yin zhi dao by Yun Chen Publishing, Taipei.
English language edition first published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, The Random House Group Limited.
Summary
"Far away from the Chinese economic miracle...is a vast rural hinterland, where life goes on much as it has for generations, with one extraordinary difference: "normal" parents are permitted by the state to have only a single child. 'The Dark Road' is the story of one such family..."--inside front cover.