Description
In a small town in Shandong, a midwife’s unwavering commitment to China’s one-child policy becomes the axis around which an entire community’s lives are reshaped. As she carries out orders with fierce conviction, the novel traces how state policy penetrates private love, family bonds, and moral responsibility—leaving a trail of irreversible consequences for those closest to her. Blending dark realism with Mo Yan’s distinctive, often satirical storytelling, the book chronicles modern China’s upheavals through the intimate, human cost of “progress.” At its core, it is a searing meditation on power, obedience, and the fragile boundary between duty and cruelty.
Available Editions
paperback
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published Jan 1, 2015
645 pages
ISBN: 9781410479617
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Details
First Published
2014
Language
chi
Translation
From: chi
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Frog by Mo Yan.