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Japanese edition of Wa[Frog] by Mo Yan, the author of Red Sorghum. This book is the winner of the 8th (2011) biannual Mao Dun Literature Prize. It is interwoven with four long letters from a Chinese playwright to a Japanese writer, and a play. The playwright's aunt was an obstetrician in 1960's China when the country initiated the one-child policy to control population growth. Through her experience working under the State's iron fist, the novel conveys the emotionally wrenching story hinting the overpowering shame felt by the intellectuals. In Japanese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.