The Gale
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This story is an adaptation of literature Nobel laureate Mo Yan's short novel Da Feng. In order to supplement the family income, a young boy, Star, wakes up before dawn and goes with his grandfather to the meadow a few miles away to cut the thatch there. After a day's hard work, his grandfather has cut enough grass to fill a cart. But on the way back home that evening, Star and his grandpa run into a violent gale. They fight against the gale, but eventually the force of the wind blows the cart clean of all its grass, leaving only one blade left stuck by the axle. Star picks it up and throws it into the twilight.
The Gale is a vivid portrayal of Chinese rural scenery. It illustrates the day from dawn to night with all the subtle changes. Readers will feel the vigor and power of wilderness even if they have not actually walked into this lush meadow.
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Mo Yan is the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature 2012. His first piece of work was published in 1981. His novel, Red Sorghum Clan, had published in 1986, later been made into a film and won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. He is also the first and only Chinese writer to win Nobel Prize in Literature. In addition, he has also won the French Knights of Art and Literature and many other awards.
Mo Yan is the vice president of China Writers Association, and the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. His first piece of work was published in 1981. His novel, Red Sorghum Clan, published in 1986 created a sensation in Chinese literature. This novel was then made into a film called Red Sorghum, and won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. His work has garnered him multiple awards such as the Nobel Prize in Literature, Mao Dun Literature Prize, Newman Prize for Chinese Literature, Prix Laure-Bataillon etc.
Cheng Liang ZHU has been nominated twice for the the Illustrator Award of Andersen Award, a winner of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, and he's the first Chinese picture book to be distinguished in the prestigious “Best Picture Books” list issues by the New York Times (2008).His work Reunion has won the first prize of Feng Zikai Children's Picture Book Award. At the end of the same year, English rights was sold to Walker Books UK.
His picture book A New Year’s Reunion was included in the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2011.
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Publishing Time: Mar 2021
Dimension: 44 pages, 210×285mm
Age Group: 4-8
Rights Sold: English worldwide
