"Frog" is Mo Yan's masterpiece that touches the painful parts of the soul and is dedicated to the millions of Chinese who have experienced family planning and were born in the era of family planning. The work won the 8th Mao Dun Literature Award and has sold more than 5 million copies. The novel is composed of four long letters written by the playwright Tadpole to the Japanese writer Yoshito Sugitani, "I"'s self-narration and a drama. It tells the story of "my" aunt Wan Xin, a rural female doctor who has been working in obstetrics and gynecology for more than 50 years. The novel uses vivid and touching details and self-reflection to show the ups and downs of the "reproductive history" of New China in the past sixty years, revealing the chaotic scene on the fertility issue. It also deeply analyzes the humble, embarrassing, entangled, and contradictory soul world of intellectuals represented by the narrator Tadpole.
Reader comments
This is the first novel by Mo Yan that I have read. It is very shocking. Both in terms of writing and plot, it is magical but deeply rooted in people's hearts. I admit that after reading it, I also reflected on the villages and society described in the book. I was born in a happy family. My parents are relatively open-minded. Reading this book has greatly shocked my thoughts. I also hope that everyone will pay attention to the matter of childbirth and respect equality between men and women.
People live to live a better life, and their sin is still to live a better life!
It is thought-provoking, the hero of the era or the sinner?
This is the first novel by Mo Yan that I have read. It is very shocking. Both in terms of writing and plot, it is magical but deeply rooted in people's hearts. I admit that after reading it, I also reflected on the villages and society described in the book. I was born in a happy family. My parents are relatively open-minded. Reading this book has greatly shocked my thoughts. I also hope that everyone will pay attention to the matter of childbirth and respect equality between men and women.
People live to live a better life, and their sin is still to live a better life!
It is thought-provoking, the hero of the era or the sinner?