{"product_id":"adherent-chris-w-kim-9781772620825","title":"Adherent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of NYPL's Best New Comics of 2023 for Adults.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant fable about a young woman who is captivated by a set of recently discovered notebooks and leaves her isolated community to search for their author--a journey that ultimately makes her question what she wants and what she's willing to leave behind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe residents of an isolated village in a dreamlike world scavenge for supplies in the surrounding forest, collecting scattered items left over from a time long past. No one strays far from this community, fearing what may lie beyond it. When they find a stack of notebooks by an unknown author, a young villager becomes obsessed with their contents. She sets out on a quest to find the writer. As she ventures into the unknown, she discovers a world both barren and increasingly complex. The closer she gets to her goal, the more she realizes that the encounter she's been seeking probably won't be what she wanted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAdherent\u003c\/i\u003e, Chris W. Kim (\u003ci\u003eHerman by Trade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrays\u003c\/i\u003e) brings us a fabular tale that examines the ways we connect--and the ideas and places we value--in our own increasingly disconnected world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris W. Kim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1772620823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781772620825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Conundrum Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/22\/2023","brand":"Chris W. Kim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076321538303,"sku":"9781772620825","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5b1533a-db69-4dbb-b853-789c26373206.jpg?v=1685464349","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/adherent-chris-w-kim-9781772620825","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}