{"product_id":"night-bus-9781770464650","title":"Night Bus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJourney through the countryside in this magical realist debut from an underground Chinese cartoonist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Night Bus\u003c\/i\u003e, a young woman wearing round glasses finds herself on an adventurous late night bus ride that constantly makes detours through increasingly fantastical landscapes. Meanwhile a young cartoonist returns home after art school and tries his hand at becoming a working artist while watching over his aging grandmother whose memory is deteriorating. Nostalgic leaps take us to an elementary school gymnasium that slowly morphs into a swamp and is raided by a giant catfish. Beetles, salamanders, and bug-eyed fish intrude upon the bus ride of the round-glasses woman as the night stretches on. \u003ci\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/i\u003e blends autobiography, horror, and fantasy into a vibrantly detailed surreal world that shows a distinct talent surveying his past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNature infringes upon the man-made world via gigantism and explosive abundance-the images in \u003ci\u003eNight Bus \u003c\/i\u003eare often unsettling, not aimed to horrify, but to upset the balance of modern life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZuo Ma is part of a burgeoning Chinese art comics scene that pushes emotion to the forefront of the story while playing with action and dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770464650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2021 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zuo Ma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40601342836917,"sku":"9781770464650","price":29.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_544ec645-b231-4132-a6d5-be50950a6e49.jpg?v=1627361664","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/night-bus-9781770464650","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}