A Non-existent Village (《不存在的小镇》)
Huang Yingzhao (text), Su Ka (ill.)
China Juvenile and Children's Publishing House, China, 2019
ISBN9787514856064
About the author：
Huang Yingzhao is a former accountant, graphic designer, ad copywriter, and now full-time children's book writer. She is the author of the highly acclaimed short fairy tales The Night Elves, School of Mountain Demon, and Children Who Catch Voices. She is the winner of a Bing Xin Children's Literature Award, two "Children's Literature" Golden Prizes, and a National Hot Spring Cup "Children's Literature" Bronze Award.
Abstract：
Granny Mei, who lived in a nursing home, became friends with a six-year-old boy named Xia Mo. Every night, Granny Mei would tell Xia Mo a story when he called in. Until one day, Granny Mei found a letter from her father written 60 years ago, telling her that he was stranded in a small moonlit town. That night, Granny Mei had a last phone call with Xia Mo, and the next day, she set out on a trip to find her father...
Jury statement:
“A Non-existent Village is a fairy tale with a prevailing modern sense, an unusual plot, and extraordinary imagination. The author puts Granny Mei and a six-year-old little boy at the two ends of a telephone line and plunges them both into heart-to-heart conversations. (…) The oriental images and the warmth and love permeating the story make the work an exceptionally beautiful and heart-touching one”.
