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Frog / Mo Yan ; translated from the original Chinese edition by Howard Goldblatt.
Chronicling the history of modern China through a controversial lens, this novel 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525427988
- ISBN: 0525427988
- Physical Description: 387 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York, New York : Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published by Shanghai Art and Literature Publishing House."--Title page verso. |
| Original Version Note: | Translation of: Wa. |
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| Subject: | Abortion > Fiction Birth control > Fiction. Childbirth > China > History > 20th century > Fiction. Communism > China > Fiction. Loyalty > Fiction. Midwives > Fiction. Political persecution > Fiction. China > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Chinese fiction. Political fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Gibsons Public Library | FIC MO (Text) | 30886001000799 | Adult Fiction Hardcover | Volume hold | Available | - |
