![]() At once illuminating and devastating, it shines a light into the heart of communist China. In sharply personal prose, Mo Yan depicts a world of desperate families, illegal surrogates, forced abortions, and the guilt of those who must enforce the policy. ![]() She decides to prove her allegiance by strictly enforcing the one-child policy, keeping tabs on the number of children in the village, and performing abortions on women as many as eight months pregnant. The story is based on the life experiences of a female doctor who served the women of rual areas for more than 50 years. This full-length masterpiece stirs the hearts of its Chinese readers. But when her lover defects, Gugu's own loyalty to the Party is questioned. Frog is the creation of Chinese writer Mo Yan, 2012 Nobel Prize recipient in literature. In her youth, Gugu - the beautiful daughter of a famous doctor and staunch Communist - is revered for her skill as a midwife. ![]() In his much-anticipated new novel, Mo Yan chronicles the sweeping history of modern China through the lens of the nation's controversial one-child policy.įrog opens with a playwright nicknamed Tadpole who plans to write about his aunt. In 2012, the Nobel committee confirmed Mo Yan's position as one of the greatest and most important writers of our time. The author of Red Sorghum and China's most revered and controversial novelist returns with his first major publication since winning the Nobel Prize. ![]()
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