Frog

Frog
ISBN-10
0525427988
ISBN-13
9780525427988
Series
Frog
Category
Fiction
Pages
387
Language
English
Published
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Author
Yan Mo

Description

Chronicling the history of modern China through a controversial lens, a novel from a winner of the Noble Prize in Literature tells the story of Gugu, a revered midwife, who, to prove her allegiance to the Communist party, strictly enforces the one-child policy, performing abortions on women as many as eight months pregnant. By the author of Red Sorghum.

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