Running Dai Er’niu (《奔跑的岱二牛》)
Huang Beijia (text)
Phoenix Juvenile and Children’s Publishing Ltd., China, 2019
ISBN9787558417412
About the author:
Born in Rugao (Jiangsu province) and holding a degree in literature from Peking University, Huang Beijia is the author of numerous award-winning books, including Night Carnival, At the Waterside, and Window Scenery, among others. She was awarded the prestigious Five-One Project Award, the Chinese Government Award for Publishing, the China Outstanding Publication Award, and the National Outstanding Children's Literature Award. Her books have been translated into French, German, Russian, Japanese, and Korean.
Abstract:
The luxuriant pink of muhly grass attracted a lot of visitors to Hongcaobavillage. But, Dai Er'niu’s father, Dai Chengcai, was too immersed trying to develop a grass-sledding schemeto see any opportunity to make money from tourism.Dai Er'niu was the biggest supporter of his father’s inventions. One day after another failed grass sledding intent, Dai Er'niu found an expensive mobile phone in the grass. In order to find the owner, he started running back and forth to the city...
Jury statement:
“In an idealistic and humorous tone, the book amusingly unfolds a mystery story of a boy from Red Dam Village located in the south of Yangtze River (…) The character embodies a kind and simple and endearing children, whose journey is a reflection of how socialism with Chinese characteristics has brought fresh changes to the country’s rural areas. The story-teller brilliantly demonstrates her literary power as a skilful writer”.
