Ribo and Anne
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- Year of Production
- 2023
Summary
Winner of the 23rd Munhakdongne Children’s Literature Award
Ribo the aid robot and Anne the story robot help the citizens who come to the library. One day, the once-peaceful library is shut down due to a virus that has spread all throughout the city, and the people who leave don’t come back. Ribo and Anne wait. Every day, for the people to come. To be spoken to once the people come.
To Ribo who asks, “What happened? Is this a period of disaster?” the librarian replies that since he’s safe, there’s no reason to know. When Do-hyun asks people to help him rescue Ribo, who is stuck in the library, people answer by saying it’s right that the robot stays in the library. But Do-hyun knows how frightening it is to be alone. So, Do-hyun for the first time asks, “Are you ok?” to the robot who had always tirelessly asked him, “How can I help you?”
Continuing in the vein of The Longest Nights, this is a story that we who entered the age of coronavirus must remember. This story rushed towards ‘connection,’ and makes us cheer for Ribo, Anne, and Do-hyun, who desperately reach out for connection when despair would have been the easier choice.
“If the reader has lived through the era of COVID like everyone else, they cannot but empathize with this piece-of-life book.” _Munhakdongne Children’s Literature Award judges
Ribo the aid robot and Anne the story robot help the citizens who come to the library. One day, the once-peaceful library is shut down due to a virus that has spread all throughout the city, and the people who leave don’t come back. Ribo and Anne wait. Every day, for the people to come. To be spoken to once the people come.
To Ribo who asks, “What happened? Is this a period of disaster?” the librarian replies that since he’s safe, there’s no reason to know. When Do-hyun asks people to help him rescue Ribo, who is stuck in the library, people answer by saying it’s right that the robot stays in the library. But Do-hyun knows how frightening it is to be alone. So, Do-hyun for the first time asks, “Are you ok?” to the robot who had always tirelessly asked him, “How can I help you?”
Continuing in the vein of The Longest Nights, this is a story that we who entered the age of coronavirus must remember. This story rushed towards ‘connection,’ and makes us cheer for Ribo, Anne, and Do-hyun, who desperately reach out for connection when despair would have been the easier choice.
“If the reader has lived through the era of COVID like everyone else, they cannot but empathize with this piece-of-life book.” _Munhakdongne Children’s Literature Award judges
Company Profile
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MUNHAKDONGNE Publishing Corp.
Munhakdongne Publishing Group started with publishing literature, and now we present a wide variety of publishing areas including general non-fiction, art, self-help, pop science, life-style and comics. Munhakdongne Publishing Group currently consists of 8 imprints and subsidiaries, publishing 500 new books every year.
Through Munhakdongne Novel Award and Munhakdongne New Author Award serving as a gateway for young authors, we have been discovering the best writers in Korea including Kim Young-ha, Eun Hee-kyung, Cheon Myeong-kwan, Kim Un-su, Cho Nam-joo, and Chang Kang-myoung. By awarding writers with Young Author Award and Kim Seung-ok Literary Award, we encourage writers on their work, while striving to present great Korean literary works overseas. As a publisher that many producers, creators are paying attention to, it has various IPs from literature to genre literature like horror, mystery etc and introduces attractive and IP every month that captivates children and adults.
Through Munhakdongne Novel Award and Munhakdongne New Author Award serving as a gateway for young authors, we have been discovering the best writers in Korea including Kim Young-ha, Eun Hee-kyung, Cheon Myeong-kwan, Kim Un-su, Cho Nam-joo, and Chang Kang-myoung. By awarding writers with Young Author Award and Kim Seung-ok Literary Award, we encourage writers on their work, while striving to present great Korean literary works overseas. As a publisher that many producers, creators are paying attention to, it has various IPs from literature to genre literature like horror, mystery etc and introduces attractive and IP every month that captivates children and adults.
