{"product_id":"asterios-polyp-hardcover-by-david-mazzucchelli","title":"Asterios Polyp Hardcover by David Mazzucchelli","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePantheon\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2009-07-07)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e344\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780307377326\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e1207.71\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e10.56 x 8.13 x 1.27\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe triumphant return of one of comics’ greatest talents, with an engrossing story  of one man’s search for love, meaning, sanity, and perfect architectural proportions.  An epic story long awaited, and well worth the wait. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Meet Asterios Polyp: middle-aged,  meagerly successful architect and teacher, aesthete and womanizer, whose life is  wholly upended when his New York City apartment goes up in flames. In a tenacious  daze, he leaves the city and relocates to a small town in the American heartland.  But what is this “escape” really about? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the story unfolds, moving between the  present and the past, we begin to understand this confounding yet fascinating character,  and how he’s gotten to where he is. And isn’t. And we meet Hana: a sweet, smart,  first-generation Japanese American artist with whom he had made a blissful life.  But now she’s gone. Did Asterios do something to drive her away? What has happened  to her? Is she even alive? All the questions will be answered, eventually.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the  meantime, we are enthralled by Mazzucchelli’s extraordinarily imagined world of brilliantly  conceived eccentrics, sharply observed social mores, and deftly depicted asides on  everything from design theory to the nature of human perception.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Asterios Polyp\u003c\/i\u003e is David Mazzucchelli’s masterpiece: a great American graphic novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eDAVID MAZZUCCHELLI has been making comics his whole life. Known chiefly for his collaborations— with Frank Miller on seminal Batman and Daredevil stories, and with Paul Karasik on an adaptation of Paul Auster's novel, \u003ci\u003eCity of Glass—\u003c\/i\u003ehe began publishing his own stories in 1991 in his anthology magazine, \u003ci\u003eRubber Blanket\u003c\/i\u003e. Since then his short comics have been published in books and magazines around the world. \u003ci\u003eAsterios Polyp\u003c\/i\u003e is his first graphic novel, and has won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize and been listed as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e notable book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45350228525217,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780307377326","price":59.4,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780307377326.jpg?v=1762913743","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/asterios-polyp-hardcover-by-david-mazzucchelli","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}