The sweeping history of modern China through the lens of the nation's controversial one-child policy. 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.--
About the Author
Modern Chinese author, in the western world most known for his novelRed Sorghum(which was turned into a movie by the same title). Often described as the Chinese Franz Kafka or Joseph Heller.Mo Yan(莫言) is a pen name and meansdon't speak. His real name is Guan Moye (simplified Chinese: 管谟业; traditional Chinese: 管謨業; pinyin: Guǎn Móyè).He has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 for his work which "with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary". Among the works highlighted by the Nobel judges wereRed Sorghum(1987) andBig Breasts & Wide Hips(2004), as well asThe Garlic Ballads.Chinese version:莫言
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