Frog
by Mo Yan
About This Novel
One of the most famous works of Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature, and the winner of the 8th Mao Dun Literature Prize. Based on the magnificent life of a rural female doctor, the work reflects on China's 60-year history of family planning, conveys a strong humanitarian concern for life, presents the contradictions and pain deep in the soul of intellectuals, and fully demonstrates the richness and mystery of Mo Yan's literary kingdom.
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Official(143)Scraped 16d ago
The father of Chen Er and Chen Mei is Chen Bi. He was my elementary school classmate and my childhood friend. We entered Dayanglan Primary School in the fall of 1960. It was an age of hunger, and most of the events that remain most profound in my memory are related to eating. For example, I once told the story of eating coal. Many people think that I am making it up, but I swear on my aunt's name: this is not a fabrication, but a solid fact.
admire
This is a vivid story about the growth of the nation... The writing is so profound and kind... Although I am born in the 1980s, I can still deeply feel the atmosphere and past of that era from the article. Maybe the genes in my bones have also experienced these storylines? [Emot=default,01/]
Using "frog" to reflect the problem of "baby" is a wonderful thing if it is well written, but it is far-fetched if it is not well written. Mo Yan's book became the winner of this year's Mao Dun Literary Award because it reflects the historical issue of family planning. However, I feel that the second half of the novel is not as good as the previous one. Half of it is so real, but even more illusory. Although the world is inherently absurd, and I have seen a lot of warmth and coldness in human relationships, it may be the inner balance between men and women, reason, and good and evil that makes me feel increasingly powerless and hopeless about the second half of the story.
The father had a plastic sheet draped over his shoulders, his head was bare, and rainwater mixed with sweat flowed on his face. An old farmer like my father works with full concentration, precise and powerful movements, and no unnecessary movements at all. The raft was quickly built.
People are products of their environment. Under certain special circumstances, cowards can become warriors, robbers can do good deeds, and even those who are so stingy that they don't have a penny can spend a lot of money.
On the morning of the wedding, the atmosphere was gloomy. Dark clouds are gathering and thunder is rolling. After the thunder, it rained heavily.
Please come and watch my magic trick of transforming people into living beings. Of course, this is still a free time.
Although Aunt Wan Xin's life is not over yet, it can already be described with big words such as "magnificent" and "up and down". There are too many stories about her. I don't know how long this letter will be. So please forgive me. Please allow me to doodle and write wherever I can. I can write it as long as I can. In the computer age, using paper and pen to write letters has become a luxury and of course a pleasure. I hope you can also feel an old-fashioned pleasure when reading my letter.
Very realistic
The background and policies at that time were very vivid
After liberation, descendants of martyrs like my aunt had many opportunities to travel far and wide, but my aunt was reluctant to leave her beloved land. The county leader asked my aunt what she wanted to do. She said she wanted to inherit her father's business, so she entered the district health school. My aunt was only sixteen years old when she graduated from health school and practiced medicine at the town health center. The county health bureau opened a new delivery method training class and sent my aunt to learn it. My aunt has been closely associated with this sacred work ever since. From the time she gave birth to her first child on April 4, 1953, to the Spring Festival last year, my aunt said that she had delivered a total of 10,000 children, and those who cooperated with others counted two as one. She also said this to you herself. I estimate that ten thousand children is probably an exaggeration, but there are always seven or eight thousand children.
Don't think that everyone in the world cares about you. Do you think everyone is watching you? In fact, everyone has their own troubles, and no one cares about yours.
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Official(143)Scraped 16d ago
The father of Chen Er and Chen Mei is Chen Bi. He was my elementary school classmate and my childhood friend. We entered Dayanglan Primary School in the fall of 1960. It was an age of hunger, and most of the events that remain most profound in my memory are related to eating. For example, I once told the story of eating coal. Many people think that I am making it up, but I swear on my aunt's name: this is not a fabrication, but a solid fact.
admire
This is a vivid story about the growth of the nation... The writing is so profound and kind... Although I am born in the 1980s, I can still deeply feel the atmosphere and past of that era from the article. Maybe the genes in my bones have also experienced these storylines? [Emot=default,01/]
Using "frog" to reflect the problem of "baby" is a wonderful thing if it is well written, but it is far-fetched if it is not well written. Mo Yan's book became the winner of this year's Mao Dun Literary Award because it reflects the historical issue of family planning. However, I feel that the second half of the novel is not as good as the previous one. Half of it is so real, but even more illusory. Although the world is inherently absurd, and I have seen a lot of warmth and coldness in human relationships, it may be the inner balance between men and women, reason, and good and evil that makes me feel increasingly powerless and hopeless about the second half of the story.
The father had a plastic sheet draped over his shoulders, his head was bare, and rainwater mixed with sweat flowed on his face. An old farmer like my father works with full concentration, precise and powerful movements, and no unnecessary movements at all. The raft was quickly built.
People are products of their environment. Under certain special circumstances, cowards can become warriors, robbers can do good deeds, and even those who are so stingy that they don't have a penny can spend a lot of money.
On the morning of the wedding, the atmosphere was gloomy. Dark clouds are gathering and thunder is rolling. After the thunder, it rained heavily.
Please come and watch my magic trick of transforming people into living beings. Of course, this is still a free time.
Although Aunt Wan Xin's life is not over yet, it can already be described with big words such as "magnificent" and "up and down". There are too many stories about her. I don't know how long this letter will be. So please forgive me. Please allow me to doodle and write wherever I can. I can write it as long as I can. In the computer age, using paper and pen to write letters has become a luxury and of course a pleasure. I hope you can also feel an old-fashioned pleasure when reading my letter.
Very realistic
The background and policies at that time were very vivid
After liberation, descendants of martyrs like my aunt had many opportunities to travel far and wide, but my aunt was reluctant to leave her beloved land. The county leader asked my aunt what she wanted to do. She said she wanted to inherit her father's business, so she entered the district health school. My aunt was only sixteen years old when she graduated from health school and practiced medicine at the town health center. The county health bureau opened a new delivery method training class and sent my aunt to learn it. My aunt has been closely associated with this sacred work ever since. From the time she gave birth to her first child on April 4, 1953, to the Spring Festival last year, my aunt said that she had delivered a total of 10,000 children, and those who cooperated with others counted two as one. She also said this to you herself. I estimate that ten thousand children is probably an exaggeration, but there are always seven or eight thousand children.
Don't think that everyone in the world cares about you. Do you think everyone is watching you? In fact, everyone has their own troubles, and no one cares about yours.
