She told the Guardian: 'Her face fell and she said, "I'm not interested in the Cultural Revolution. Lennie Goodings of UK publisher Virago, which is releasing the book in Britain, said she bought the rights to the book without having read it after realising its potential after she had asked a Chinese colleague to read it. While Ai Mi's blog was on a website blocked by the Chinese authorities, a state-backed publisher released the book after it was recommended to them.
Under The Hawthorn Tree tells the story of a young woman who falls in love with a general during the final years of Mao Zedong's reign, an era when China was crippled by an attempt to force socialism on, and remove capitalist, traditional and cultural elements from, the country. Mystery: The anonymous writer's novel is released in Britain this month
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