{"product_id":"pittsburgh-frank-santoro-9781681377865","title":"Pittsburgh","description":"\u003cb\u003eA moving graphic memoir about home, childhood, and family by the author of \u003ci\u003eStoreyville\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePompeii\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a family, and a city. Frank Santoro faces a straightforward yet heart-rending reality: His parents, once high-school sweethearts, now never speak to each other--despite working in the same building. Stuck in the middle, he tries to understand. The result is this book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing markers, pencils, scissors, and tape, with a variety of papers, drawing in vivid colors and exuberant lines, Santoro constructs a multi-generational retelling of their lives. Framed by his parents' courtship and marriage, and set amid the vital but fading neighborhood streets, the pages of \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh\u003c\/i\u003e are filled with details both quotidian and dramatic--from his childhood mishaps to his father's trauma in Vietnam--interspersed throughout with the mute witness of the family dog, Pretzel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSantoro, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eStoreyville\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePompeii\u003c\/i\u003e, has created his masterpiece. \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary reimagining of the comics form to depict the processes of memory, and a powerful, searching account of a family taking shape, falling apart, and struggling to reinvent itself, as the city around them does the same.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Santoro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681377861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681377865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.94h x 8.66w x 0.94d","brand":"Frank Santoro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074594861311,"sku":"9781681377865","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_259a31a6-1e38-4b71-858c-5c5d1518e761.jpg?v=1685454660","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pittsburgh-frank-santoro-9781681377865","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}