this is often difficult subject matter - but never hard to read

There is no denying the ease and beauty of his storytelling. His idiom has the spiralling invention and mytho-maniacal quality of much world literature of a high order, from Vargas Llosa to Rushdie An expansive, fascinating cultural-political history. Takes solid aim at perhaps the most notorious act of social planning the Chinese Communist Party has engineered. his work rings with refreshing authenticity Mo Yan proves himself a novelist of the highest calibre his work rings with refreshing authenticity' Time 'His idiom has the spiralling invention of much world literature of a high order, from Vargas Llosa to Rushdie'Observer Translated by Howard Goldblatt Show Less Product Details His voice will find its way into the heart of the reader, just as Kundera and Garcia Marquez have' Amy Tan 'One of China's leading writers. 'Mo Yan deserves a place in world literature. Spanning the pre-revolutionary era and the country's modern-day consumer society, Mo Yan's taut and engrossing examination of Chinese life will be read for generations to come. Once beloved, Gugu becomes the living incarnation of a reviled social policy violently at odds with deeply-rooted social values. Read more one, not her own family, not even herself. Tragically, her blind devotion to the Party line spares no. After a disastrous love affair with a defector leaves Gugu reeling, she throws herself zealously into enforcing China's draconian new family-planning policy by any means necessary, be it forced sterilizations or late-term abortions. A respected midwife, she combines modern medical knowledge with a healer's touch to save the lives of village women and their babies. Gugu is beautiful, charismatic and of an unimpeachable political background. Frog is a richly complex new novel about China's one-child policy by Mo Yan, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2012.

Frog by mo yan