Frog a novel

"The author of Red Sorghum and China's most revered and controversial novelist returns with his first major publication since winning the Nobel Prize. In 2012, the Nobel committee confirmed Mo Yan's position as one of the greatest and most important writers of our time. In his much-anticipated new n...

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Main Author: Mo, Yan, 1955-
Other Authors: Goldblatt, Howard, 1939- (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Chinese
Published: New York : Viking Adult, 2015.
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