{"product_id":"secret-life-hardcover-by-jeff-vandermeer-and-theo-ellsworth","title":"Secret Life Hardcover by Jeff VanderMeer and Theo Ellsworth","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\u003eDrawn and Quarterly\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2021-09-28)\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\u003e184\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781770464032\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e584.01\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e22.83 x 15.98 x 2.26\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn uncanny and eye-opening journey into a mysterious building, adapted from a short story by Jeff VanderMeer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the west: trees. To the east: a mall. North: fast food. South: darkness. And at the centre is The Building, an office building wherein several factions vie for dominance. Inside, the walls are infiltrated with vines, a mischief of mice learn to speak English, and something eerie happens once a month on the fifth floor. In \u003ci\u003eSecret Life,\u003c\/i\u003e Theo Ellsworth uses a deep-layered style to interpret Nebula award-winning author Jeff VanderMeer’s short story. What emerges is a mind-bending narrative that defamiliarizes the mundanity of office work and makes the arcane rituals of The Building home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen his manager borrows his pen for a presentation, a man is driven to unspeakable acts as he questions the role the pen has played in his workplace success. The despised denizens of the second floor develop their own tongue, incomprehensible to everyone else in The Building. A woman plants a seed of insurgency that quickly permeates every corner of the building with its sweet, nostalgic perfume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith deft insight, Secret Life observes the sinister individualism of bureaucratic settings in contrast with an unconcerned natural world. As the narrative progresses you may begin to suspect that the world Ellsworth has brought to life with hypnotic visuals is not so secret after all; in fact, it’s uncannily similar to our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheo Ellsworth\u003c\/b\u003e is a self-taught artist living in Montana. His previously published comics include \u003ci\u003eCapacity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Understanding Monster\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSleeper Car\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAn Exorcism\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e once called his work \"imagination at firehose intensity.\" He has been the recipient of the Lynd Ward Honor Book Prize and an Artist Innovation Award. He loves creative collaboration, cooking, and making family folk art with his kids. He is constantly making invisible performance art in his head that no one will ever see.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeff VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times–\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Reach Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, the first volume of which, \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Nebula Award and the Shirley Jackson Award for best novel and was adapted into a movie by Alex Garland. His novels set in the \u003ci\u003eBorne\u003c\/i\u003e universe are being adapted for TV by AMC, and Netflix has optioned his next novel, \u003ci\u003eHummingbird Salamander\u003c\/i\u003e, for film. Called “the weird Thoreau” by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker,\u003c\/i\u003e VanderMeer speaks and writes frequently about issues relating to climate change as well as urban rewilding. 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