{"product_id":"drawn-to-berlin-hardcover-by-ali-fitzgerald","title":"Drawn To Berlin Hardcover by Ali Fitzgerald","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\u003eFantagraphics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2018-10-23)\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\u003e196\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781683961321\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e567.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFitzgerald’s graphic memoir entwines political and personal displacement.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAli Fitzgerald is an artist trying to find herself in a rapidly changing city facing an influx of asylum seekers. In Berlin, she teaches an art class to displaced people who have traveled from war-torn countries such as Syria and Afghanistan. Given Fitzgerald’s encouragement, her students take pen in hand and express their painful memories of home and cautious optimism about their new life. Revealing the humanity behind the politics of immigration, \u003ci\u003eDrawn to Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e is about loss, community, and the art that binds people together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAli Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e is a comic columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, where she also contributes writing and visual essays. Her popular webcomic series, \u003ci\u003eHungover Bear and Friends\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/i\u003e and she has contributed regular comics to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Her graphic nonfiction book, \u003ci\u003eDrawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops in Refugee Shelters and Other Stories from a New Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (Fantagraphics, 2018) was named one of the best comics of 2018 by \u003ci\u003eVulture \u003c\/i\u003eand won the Independent Publisher’s award for best graphic book of 2019. Fitzgerald’s artwork has been exhibited internationally and she has shown in institutions like the Haus am Luetzowplatz, The Austin Museum of Art, the Center for Book Arts, and SP2 Gallery. She often works with museums and urban spaces on comics and public art projects. In late 2021, she created a series of murals for the Berlin Subway and in 2023, she was nominated for the Cartoonist Studio Prize for “Iconic,” a comic commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art. Born in Oakland, CA, she graduated with an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin, and lives in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556333670561,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781683961321","price":32.29,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781683961321.jpg?v=1781811974","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/drawn-to-berlin-hardcover-by-ali-fitzgerald","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}