In her youth, guguthe beautiful daughter of a famous doctor and staunch communistis revered for her skill. A new york times top book of 2015 washington post notable book the author of red sorghum and chinas most revered and. Aunty screamed and she ran, but she couldnt break free of the reptilian horde. Feb 08, 2015 yet readers will find little in frog, howard goldblatts fluent translation of mo yans 2009 novel about his countrys onechild policy, that validates the society created by the. Red sorghum also available in format docx and mobi. Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of frog by mo yan, read by graeme malcolm. New fiction from mo yan, translated from the chinese. Oct 27, 2014 so revered is chinese author mo yans body of work that he was awarded the nobel prize for literature in 2012.
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