The Only Child
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The Only Child by Guojing
A New York Times Best Illustrated Book Hailed by Entertainment Weekly and the Wall Street Journal as a best book of the year, this gorgeous and imaginative story--part picture book, part graphic novel--is utterly transporting and original. USA Today declared it a compelling and melancholy debut from an important new talent as well as an expansive and ageless book full of wonder, sadness, and wild bursts of imagination. And like Shaun Tan's The Arrival and Raymond Briggs's The Snowman, it is quickly becoming a modern classic. A little girl--lost and alone--follows a mysterious stag deep into the woods, and, like Alice down the rabbit hole, she finds herself in a strange and wondrous world. But. home and family are very far away. How will she get back there? In this magnificently illustrated--and wordless--masterpiece, debut artist Guojing brilliantly captures the rich and deeply-felt emotional life of a child, filled with loneliness and longing as well as love and joy. A haunting, wordless, gorgeously drawn picture book. --People Told wordlessly through soft, dreamy illustrations, Guojing's tale evokes the loneliness of growing up under China's one-child policy. --Entertainment Weekly A dreamy, wordless debut. --The New York Times Majestic. Rare is the book containing great emotional depth that truly resonates across a span of ages: this is one such. --Kirkus Reviews, Starred Reminiscent of Raymond Briggs's classic, The Snowman (1978), this is quiet, moving, playful, and bittersweet all at once. --Booklist, Starred
GUOJING is a New York Times best illustrated children's book recipient for her debut book, The Only Child. She is an illustrator and concept artist from the Shanxi Province of China. She began drawing at an early age, and completed her BFA from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2006. She has worked as a Concept Artist on games and children's television shows, and first conceived the idea for Puchio while working in animation in Singapore.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780553497045 |
| ISBN 10 | 0553497049 |
| Title | The Only Child |
| Author | Guojing |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2015-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |