{"product_id":"frog-9780143128380","title":"Frog","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mo Yan's voice will find it's way into the heart of the American reader, just as Kundera and García Márquez have.\" \u003cb\u003e--Amy Tan author of \u003ci\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Nobel-prize winning author of \u003ci\u003eRed Sorghum\u003c\/i\u003e and one China's most revered writers, a novel exploring the One-Child Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore the Cultural Revolution, Gugu, narrator Tadpole's feisty aunt, is a respected midwife in her rural community. She combines modern medical knowledge with a healer's touch to save the lives of village women and their babies. Gugu is beautiful, charismatic, and of an unimpeachable political background. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a disastrous love affair with a defector leaves Gugu reeling, she throws herself zealously into enforcing China's draconian new family planning policy by any means necessary, be it forced sterilizations or late-term abortions. Tragically, her blind devotion to the Party line spares no one, not her own family, not even herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce beloved, Gugu becomes the living incarnation of a reviled social policy violently at odds with deeply rooted social values. Spanning the pre-revolutionary era and the country's modern day consumer society, Mo Yan's taut and engrossing examination of Chinese society will be read for generations to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143128380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/21\/2016 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mo Yan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43075418292405,"sku":"9780143128380","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_940acea1-fda9-41df-8af8-a6017cb94523.jpg?v=1691465534","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/frog-9780143128380","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}