ILLEGAL USE OF NARCOTICS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, AND THEIR ANALOGUES CAUSES HEALTH DAMAGE, THEIR ILLEGAL CIRCULATION IS PROHIBITED AND ENTAILS LIABILITY ESTABLISHED BY LAW. Mo Yan is one of the brightest and most significant Chinese writers, laureate of the Nobel Prize and the Mao Dun Prize, the most prestigious Chinese literary award. Mo Yan, like no other, can capture on the pages of his works the amazing history of an amazing nation. The novel "Frogs" tells about the most difficult period in China's history – the implementation of the family planning policy, "one family, one child." Individual human destinies will show the reader the fate of an entire country. Translated by the brilliant sinologist Igor Egorov.