{"product_id":"edifice-andrzej-klimowski-9781914224256","title":"Edifice: A Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA graphic \u003ci\u003eGrand Hotel \u003c\/i\u003eof our dreams, desires, and nightmares--and a \u003ci\u003eChristmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e like no other\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the heart of the dream city of Engelstadt stand the tall storys of an ancient apartment block, home to a nightmare labyrinth of corridors and secrets. Christmas is coming, but the mysterious disappearance of one of its tenants causes a cast of characters (or suspects?) to be assembled before us. An elderly aristocratic widow plays the piano; a young mother disciplines her hallucinating son; a photographer pursues creative experiments under the magnetic spell of the moon. And meanwhile, as a dark cloud threatens to envelop the city, and caped crusaders (or marauders) wander its park, there is a film screening to attend. The eccentric Professor will surely solve the enigma on Christmas Eve . . . or will he? A Pan-European Pandora's Box of narrative Russian dolls and Chinese boxes, \u003ci\u003eEdifice\u003c\/i\u003e builds into an Expressionist graphic vision of our archetypal, metamorphic shadows. Whether or not \"an allegory of some sort\" (as one of these characters claims), Andrzej Klimowski's masterpiece of symbolic form is certainly one of the strangest Christmas stories you will ever read. \"If you look carefully, you will see it.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e PRAISE FOR ANDRZEJ KLIMOWSKI: \u003cbr\u003e \"He leads the field by a very long furlong, out on his own, making his own weather. He is Klimowski, unafraid.\" -- Harold Pinter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Majestic art.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Profound, playful, and unexpectedly haunting\" -- \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A preternatural master of the graphic novel form.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrzej Klimowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1914224256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914224256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Selfmadehero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Andrzej Klimowski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46052384768255,"sku":"9781914224256","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8416756-9232-4221-b606-749dfa31b353.jpg?v=1723556216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/edifice-andrzej-klimowski-9781914224256","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}