{"product_id":"nine-color-deer-9781646141784","title":"Nine Color Deer","description":"Our Querido list is a wonder cabinet that we are filling with treasures from around the world. Here, from China, is a gorgeous story about generosity and gratitude, adapted from a traditional Buddhist tale by Kailin Duan. Her illustration style evokes artwork contemporary to the story's origins more than a thousand years ago, found in the famous Mogao caves, (located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China.) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story begins deep in the Kunlun Hills with a legendary deer whose fur has nine colors. One day she hears a cry for help and rescues a drowning man. When the man asks how he could ever repay this kindness, the Nine Color Deer simply requests that the man never reveal her whereabouts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut will this promise survive a bounty offered by a King and Queen who seek the magic of the deer for their kingdom? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning translator Jeremy Tiang offers readers his own gift in making Kailin Duan's interpretation sparkle in English, while Duan's illustrations speak beautifully for themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy Tiang\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, playwright and translator from Chinese. He was longlisted for the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards for his rendering of \u003ci\u003eFaraway\u003c\/i\u003e by Lo Yi-Chin. His translations also include novels by Yeng Pway Ngon and Su Wei-Chen plays including \u003ci\u003eSalesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Dream of Red Pavilions\u003c\/i\u003e, and scripts by Chen Si'an and others. Originally from Singapore, he now lives in Flushing, Queens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKailin Duan\u003c\/b\u003e received her master's degree from the China Academy of Art in 2019, majoring in Illustration. NINE COLOR DEER was shortlisted for the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition 2021.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Levine Querido","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452976075026,"sku":"9781646141784","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_58815b25-2bda-42c3-a5e9-9e014c4b8338.jpg?v=1729830650","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nine-color-deer-9781646141784","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}