Frog

Title Frog
Names Mo, Yan.
Goldblatt, Howard.
Book Number BR020763
Title Status Active
Medium Braille
Annotation Tadpole writes about his aunt, who was revered in her youth for her work as a midwife. When her lover defected, her own loyalty was questioned, so she began to ensure that her village strictly followed the one-child policy. Originally published in Chinese. Some violence. Mao Dun Literature Prize. 2009.
Local Subject Political fiction - POF
Literature - East & Southeast Asia - 895
Literatures of other languages - 890
Birth control - BIRC
Audience Notes Contains some violence. NLS/BPH
Award winner. NLS/BPH
LC Subject Birth control - Government policy - China - Fiction
Childbirth - China - History - 20th century - Fiction
Family planning - Government policy - China - Fiction
Family size - Government policy - China - Fiction
Midwives - China - Fiction
Reproductive rights - China - Fiction
China - Population policy - Fiction
Political fiction
Length 5 v. of press braille ; 28 cm.
Publication Info Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2015 (National Braille Press, transcribing agency)
Original Publication Transcription of: New York, New York : Viking, Published by the Penguin Group, 2015, c2014. 9780525427988
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