In a gray and gloomy village, all of the animalsfrom dogs and cats to fish and snailsdisappeared years before. No one talks about it and no one knows why, though everyone agrees that the village has been cursed. But when two children see a fisha tiny one and just for a secondthey become determined to unravel the mystery of where the animals have gone. And so they travel into the depths of the forest with that mission in mind, terrified and hopeful about what they may encounter.From the internationally bestselling author Amos Oz, this is a hauntingly beautiful fable for both children and adults about tolerance, loneliness, denial, and remembrance.