{"product_id":"body-music-julie-maroh-9781551526928","title":"Body Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eJulie Maroh's first book, \u003cem\u003eBlue Is the Warmest Color\u003c\/em\u003e, was a graphic novel phenomenon; it was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller and the controversial film adaptation by French director Abdellatif Kechiche won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. Maroh's latest book, \u003cem\u003eBody Music\u003c\/em\u003e, marks her return to the kind of soft, warm palette and impressionistic sensibility that made her debut book so sensational.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the languid, European-like neighborhoods of Montreal, \u003cem\u003eBody Music\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful and moving meditation on love and desire as expressed in their many different forms--between women, men, and gender non-conformists alike, all varying in age and race. In twenty separate vignettes, Maroh explores the drama inherent in relationships at different stages: the electricity of initial attraction, the elation of falling in love, the trauma of breaking up, the sweet comfort of a long-standing romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone who's ever been in a relationship will see themselves in these intimate stories tinged with raw emotion. \u003cem\u003eBody Music\u003c\/em\u003e is an exhilarating and passionate graphic novel about what it means to fall in love, and what it means to be alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulie Maroh\u003c\/strong\u003e studied comic art at the Institute Saint-Luc in Brussels and lithography and engraving at the Royal Academy of Arts in Brussels. She started writing her bestselling book \u003cem\u003eBlue Is the Warmest Color\u003c\/em\u003e at the age of nineteen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Maroh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1551526921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551526928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/27\/2017","brand":"Julie Maroh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991592108287,"sku":"9781551526928","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b082fb9b-fcd2-44b4-988d-d894a6bdee52.jpg?v=1683311144","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/body-music-julie-maroh-9781551526928","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}