{"product_id":"20-kmh-woshibai-9781770466692","title":"20 Km\/H","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA slow-motion drive-by view of a collapsing universe meant to sit in the palm of your hand. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow fast can you go in a buggy drawn by the flap of a butterfly's wings? How do you measure the speed of waking from a dream? Such abstract inquiries into the unrelenting absurdity of contemporary life make up this omnibus of meditative vignettes from one of mainland China's most prolific and recognizable--yet anonymous--new underground cartoonists of the current generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery story in \u003ci\u003e20 km\/h\u003c\/i\u003e toes the line between pun and poetry, and lands somewhere just short of a zen koan: Come back to it as often as you like, it will never read quite the same way twice. A nondescript figure awakes from an assembly line of identically fashioned companions and boards a rowboat destined for the unknown. A man holds the key to sleep in his hand and uses it to disappear into his mattress. The moon is plucked from the sky and fed into a vending machine for a can of soda. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWoshibai's minimalist renderings are a startlingly delightful cocktail of existential dread and silent slapstick that arrest the mind's eye with equal parts humor and grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Woshibai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 177046669X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770466692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.02h x 5.60w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023","brand":"Woshibai","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077757104383,"sku":"9781770466692","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_531d41b3-09bf-4282-8fc4-c9c179f681ed.jpg?v=1685471619","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/20-kmh-woshibai-9781770466692","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}