This collection showcases the significant, award-winning works of Ren Zheng-hua’s late career. It includes the short-form anthology Drawn to Life, the longform The Son, and the rare doujinshi Seven Sages of Doing Nothing. The eight works vary widely in length and theme. Some are rooted in realism, exploring the cruelty of human nature in settings such as long-term hospital care, office gossip and bullying, and migrant caregivers in family households. Other works take a more literary approach, reflecting on love, marriage, and family in Mandarin-speaking societies. And last, some works employ dark humor to examine the past or indulge in surreal flights of fancy. The Son was also published in French as Le Fils by the acclaimed publisher Casterman.
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Drawn to Life: A Ren Zheng-hua Collection
漫漫畫人間
- Author Ren Zheng-hua
- Translator Michael Fahey
- Illustrator Ren Zheng-hua
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Publisher: Locus Publishing
Date: 09/2020
Page: 388 pages Size: 14.8 x 21 cm
Volume: 1
Awards: 2003 The 27th Golden Tripod Awards (Comics)
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- Comic Books
- Literary Fiction
- 2025
- Picture Book
- Manga
- 2026
- 2024
- Golden Comic Award
- Science
- Short Stories
- Memoir
- Golden Tripod Award
- Crime
- Fantasy
- Graphic Novel
- Self-Help
- Lifestyle
- Children\'s Books
- Taipei Book Fair Award
- Crime Fiction
- Art
- History
- Social Science
- film adaptation
- Science Fiction
- Parenting
- Openbook Award
- Taiwan Literature Award
- Travel
- Golden Comic Awards
- International Manga Award
- Commercial Fiction
- Middle Grade
- Romance
- Golden Tripod Awards
- Heartwarming
- Horror
- Health
- Children\'s Non-Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Good Books Everyone Reads
- Feng Zikai Chinese Children’s Picture Book Award
- Nature
- Reportage
- Mirror Weekly Book of the Year
- YA
- Good Books Everyone Reads Award
- Mystery
- Politics
- Architecture
- Young Adult
- Thriller
- Japan International Manga Awards
- Comic of the Year
- Essay
- Bologna Ragazzi Award
- MM Romance
- Literary Non-Fiction
- 2025 The 16th Golden Comics Awards
- Wu Zhuoliu Literary Prize
- Kingcar Soji Shimada Award
- Asia Weekly Top Ten Chinese Novels of the Year
- Humanity
- Business
- Photography
- Design
- Hsin-Yi Picture Book Illustration Award
- Essays
- UDN Grand Literary Award
- Hsin-Yi Children’s Literature Award
- Suspense
- Documentary
- Novellas
- Film Book
- Golden Butterfly Award
- KPL Picture Books Sprouting Awards
- Culture
- Hsin-Yi Children's Literature Award
- BRAW Amazing Bookshelf 100
- Women's Fiction
- 2025 The 16th Golden Comics Awards, Best New Talent
- 2023 Japan International Manga Award Bronze Award
- Sci-fi
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- Food
- King Car Fantasy Fiction Prize
- FF Romance
- True Crime
- Language
- Music
- Philosophy
- Folk Tales
- Chapter Book
- Upmarket Fiction
- Spy Fiction
- Woman\'s Fiction
- LGBTQIA+
- The 46th Golden Tripod Awards
- Manga Creation and Publishing Marketing Award
- The Raymond LeBlanc Prize at the Brussels Comic Festival
- The Wu Chuo-liu Literary Award
- Taipei International Book Exhibition Award
- Selection of Books for Primary and Secondary School
- Douliu Picture Book Creation Competition
- Ministry of Culture\'s 44th Selection of Books
- Military Thriller
- Openbook Best Children's Book of the Year
- Excellent Children's Reading Materials
- CommonWealth Magazine Education
- Foundation Top 100 Books for Hopeful Reading
- Bologna Ragazzi Award Selection
- Eldercare
- Popular Science
- Alternative Fiction
- Literary Nonfiction
- 2016 Japan International Manga Award Silver Award
- 2015 Golden Comics Awards Best New Talent
- 2017 Japan International Manga Award Bronze Award (Volume 1)
- 2025 Japan InternationalManga Award Silver Award (Volume 2)
- 2018 Japan International Manga Award Silver Award
- Selected for the 2015 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition
- Hsin-Yi Picture Book Illustration Recommendation Award
- Selected for the 2025 Bologna Ragazzi Award Workshop (BRAW)
- The 49th Golden Tripod Awards, Book Illustration Awards
- 2022 KPL Picture Books Sprouting Awards
- Selected for the 2013 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition
- 2020 Japan International Manga Award Golden Award
- Metafiction
- Vignettes
- Paranormal Suspense
- Non-fiction Novel
- 2018 the 9th Golden Comics Awards Best Comic for Young Adults
- 2022 The 13th Golden Comic Awards
- Military Memoir
- Narrative Non-fiction
- Folk Horror
- 2025 Japan International Manga Award Sliver Award
- 2003 The 27th Golden Tripod Awards (Comics)
- The 33rd Hsin Yi Children's Literature Award
- The 34th Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award
- The 2nd Kaohsiung Public Library Picture Books Sprouting Award
- The 36th Hsin Yi Children's Literature Award
- 2026 The 22nd Golden Butterfly Award Silver Award