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对越自卫反击站13年后，少校军官赵金回乡探亲，湍急的河流挡住了回家之路，却幸遇分别多年的战友、幼时的玩伴——钱英豪、郭金库……
往事如烟，钱英豪天生的军人，足智多谋、英雄无比，却一枪未发就成了敌人枪下的冤下的孤魂；郭金库战后复员回乡，穷困潦倒，仍沉迷于往日的军营生活……
人与鬼心灵的对话展现了阴阳两界、现实与已往的不同与困惑。
往事如烟，钱英豪天生的军人，足智多谋、英雄无比，却一枪未发就成了敌人枪下的冤下的孤魂；郭金库战后复员回乡，穷困潦倒，仍沉迷于往日的军营生活……
人与鬼心灵的对话展现了阴阳两界、现实与已往的不同与困惑。
391 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 2011
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Mo Yan
309 books1,440 followersModern Chinese author, in the western world most known for his novel Red Sorghum (which was turned into a movie by the same title). Often described as the Chinese Franz Kafka or Joseph Heller.
Mo Yan (莫言) is a pen name and means don't speak. His real name is Guan Moye (simplified Chinese: 管谟业; traditional Chinese: 管謨業; pinyin: Guǎn Móyè).
He has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 for his work which "with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary". Among the works highlighted by the Nobel judges were Red Sorghum (1987) and Big Breasts & Wide Hips (2004), as well as The Garlic Ballads.
Chinese version: 莫言
Mo Yan (莫言) is a pen name and means don't speak. His real name is Guan Moye (simplified Chinese: 管谟业; traditional Chinese: 管謨業; pinyin: Guǎn Móyè).
He has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 for his work which "with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary". Among the works highlighted by the Nobel judges were Red Sorghum (1987) and Big Breasts & Wide Hips (2004), as well as The Garlic Ballads.
Chinese version: 莫言
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March 12, 2021
I read the Chinese version of ‘Frog’.
It is hard for me to imagine during the time of One Child Policy implementation, there were stories about abortion, birth control in a very invasive way, sterilization, or surrogacy.
In between the stories, it presents well the Chinese mindset of patriarchy, and the persistency on having children no matter what barriers, not only personal desire, but maybe more on the family expectation and social pressure- to not ‘lose face’.
The book makes me think lots and reflect my thoughts on the topic, as personally it is hard to relate myself and understand the traditional Chinese mindset- on how and why women put having kids as almost the only goal in their life and even to define who they are. Chinese women suffered lots from the social pressure to free themselves and fail to go with the flow and be their true selves. It is hard to change fundamentally the mindset in this society which Confucianism has prevailed for centuries and rooted profoundly. It takes time to get liberal but hopefully one day it will!
It is a easy read book with good shaping of characters.
It is hard for me to imagine during the time of One Child Policy implementation, there were stories about abortion, birth control in a very invasive way, sterilization, or surrogacy.
In between the stories, it presents well the Chinese mindset of patriarchy, and the persistency on having children no matter what barriers, not only personal desire, but maybe more on the family expectation and social pressure- to not ‘lose face’.
The book makes me think lots and reflect my thoughts on the topic, as personally it is hard to relate myself and understand the traditional Chinese mindset- on how and why women put having kids as almost the only goal in their life and even to define who they are. Chinese women suffered lots from the social pressure to free themselves and fail to go with the flow and be their true selves. It is hard to change fundamentally the mindset in this society which Confucianism has prevailed for centuries and rooted profoundly. It takes time to get liberal but hopefully one day it will!
It is a easy read book with good shaping of characters.
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