The post-1980s Chinese girls' painting lonely childhood is published in the United States
Beijing August (reporter Ma Haiyan) "after 80" Chinese girl Guo Jing 27, with her picture book story "the only child" Chinese version At the Beijing International Book Fair.
before this, the English edition of the book won the ten best picture book award of the New York Times 2015, the ten best children's books of the Wall Street journal in 2015, the 2015 children's books of the publisher weekly, and the nomination of the highest honorary Eisner prize of the United States comic in 2016... Guo Jing and his parents were surprised by a long list of awards.
"I wasn't aware of the weight of the award, but I was very happy." Guo Jing said that when he wrote this book, he left home for a year and a half. At the beginning, his parents did not understand it. After several rounds of
, her manuscript moved the editor of penguin Landon's bookstore and eventually published the English version in the United States. In October 2015, the work came out of thousands of works and ranked among the top ten children's picture books of New York Times. Guo Jing, who was born in
1983, is the only child. She has a clear memory of her childhood reading alone and playing alone. When she was a child, she often thought of a childhood experience: when she was six or seven years old, she took a bus to the wrong station and went into a forest. This experience became the origin of her creation.
before she wrote this book, she worked in Singapore as an animation profession. "To go out for a long time will be homesick." This cool and introverted Shanxi girl likes painting since she was young. She wanted to paint a person's thoughts about family and friendship at the earliest time.
, she said, it is a long cherished wish to make this book. At first, she saw that all the friends around her were the only children, and did not feel the difference. After that, she became aware of the particularity of the generation and wanted to draw their feelings and share it with you.
more than 100 pages of this wordless book, all are drawn by pencil, looking at the world through the eyes of a 6 year old child. Guo Jing said he hoped to express his nostalgia in black and white. "I am better at telling stories with pictures." She wants to tell the child through this book that if you are strong enough, loneliness does not exist.
children's picture book storytellers said that this is China's first original children's picture book winning international award, which is undoubtedly of great significance. For Chinese parents who are accustomed to reading books for children, a good picture book reflecting their children's growth experience is undoubtedly a good thing.
for this book's numerous international awards, Guo Jing believes that the award is a recognition of this generation. In fact, China has a special illustrator who is not backward in skills and has reached the top level of the world.