Frog

Resumen del libro

The author of Red Sorghum and China's most revered and controversial novelist returns with his first major publication since winning the Nobel Prize
In 2012, the Nobel committee confirmed Mo Yan's position as one of the greatest and most important writers of our time. 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.
"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.

Biografía del autor

Mo Yan (Gaomi, China, 1955): Ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura, Mo Yan (literalmente, No hables ) es el seudónimo de Guan Moye. Hasta la fecha Kailas ha publicado las novelas i Grandes pechos amplias caderas, Las baladas del ajo, La vida y la muerte me están desgastando, La república del vino, Rana, ¡Boom!, El suplicio del aroma de sándalo, Trece pasos, El manglar, El clan del sorgo rojo, El mapa del tesoro escondido, El rábano transparente, El clan de los herbívoros, Una carretera en obras, Júbilo, Los bueyes, /i y i Flores tardías, /i además del libro de relatos i Shifu, harías cualquier cosa por divertirte. /i