{"product_id":"truth-is-fragmentary-travelogues-diaries-9780988901452","title":"Truth Is Fragmentary: Travelogues \u0026 Diaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCartoonist Studio Prize Shortlist 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor an impoverished cartoonist, I do an awful lot of international traveling.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaw, bare-boned, scathingly funny dispatches from the renowned comic diarist Gabrielle Bell, with biting cultural commentary mixed with her signature introspective, self-deprecating humor, and surreal digressions (from car-driving bears, through Zombie Apocalypses, to cute babies, and . . . more bears ) as she visits France, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Colombia, back to Brooklyn, and finally landing in upstate New York. In \u003ci\u003eTruth is Fragmentary\u003c\/i\u003e Gabrielle Bell proves she can be . . . funny \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabrielle Bell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in England and raised in California. Her work has been selected for the 2007, 2009, and 2010 \u003ci\u003eBest American Comics\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eYale Anthology of Graphic Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has contributed to \u003ci\u003eMcSweeneys\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e. The title story of Bell's book, \"Cecil and Jordan in New York,\" has been adapted for the film anthology \u003ci\u003eTokyo \u003c\/i\u003e by Michel Gondry. Her latest book, \u003ci\u003eThe Voyeurs\u003c\/i\u003e, was selected as one of the top five graphic novels of 2012 by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Uncivilized Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780988901452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2014 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gabrielle Bell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38212999610549,"sku":"9780988901452","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b162cc06-fbaf-4d87-b57f-dc56f6c018e6.jpg?v=1610438492","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/truth-is-fragmentary-travelogues-diaries-9780988901452","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}