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Frog by Mo Yan review – the Chinese Nobel laureate’s award-winning novel

China’s brutal one-child policy is the backdrop for Mo Yan’s tale of village life. By Isabel Hilton

Published: 18 Dec 2014

Mo Yan dismisses 'envious' Nobel critics

In first major interview since the award, novelist insists his portrayal as a Chinese 'state writer' is unfair

Published: 28 Feb 2013

Critical eye Book reviews roundup: Pow!, Sorry! and The Love-Charm of Bombs

What the critics thought of The Love-Charm of Bombs by Lara Feigel, Pow! by Mo Yan and Sorry! by Henry Hitchings

Published: 25 Jan 2013

Mo Yan's Nobel nod a 'catastrophe', says fellow laureate Herta Müller

German writer blasts decision to award this year's Nobel prize for literature to man who 'celebrates censorship'

Published: 26 Nov 2012

Haruki Murakami leads race for Nobel prize for literature

Ladbrokes gives Japanese novelist odds of 10/1, ahead of Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom and Mo Yan of China on 12/1

Published: 23 Aug 2012