Frog : a novel / Mo Yan
Material type: TextPublication details: Victoria, AUD : Hamish Hamilton , 2009Description: 387 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780143800095
- Childbirth -- -ChinaxHistory -- -20th century -- -Fiction
- Family size -- -Government policy -- -China -- -Fiction
- Birth control -- -Government policy -- -China -- -Fiction
- Family planning -- -Government policy -- -China -- -Fiction
- Reproductive rights -- -China -- -Fiction
- China -- -Population policy -- -Fiction
- FIC MO
- Winner of The Nobel Prize for literature
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Fiction / Ficción | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles | General | FIC MO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 004194 |
Frog opens with a playwright nicknamed Tadpole who plans to write about his aunt. In her youth, Gugu-the beautiful daughter of a famous doctor and staunch Communist - is revered for her skill as a midwife. But when her lover defects, Gugu's own loyalty to the Party is questioned. 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. 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. At once illuminating and devastating, it shines a light into the heart of communist China.
Translated from the Chinese to English
Winner of The Nobel Prize for literature
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