{"product_id":"sandcastle-pierre-oscar-levy-9781906838386","title":"Sandcastle","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandcastle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eby award-winning documentary filmmaker Pierre Oscar L騅y and illustrator Frederik Peeters \"truly inspired my film \u003ci\u003eOld\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a profound mystery, sci-fi graphic novel that is illustrated so beautifully and with such humanity. Its themes of aging had me thinking about my parents and children and how quickly it all goes by. From the moment I read this I was changed\" (M. Night Shyamalan).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's a perfect beach day, or so thought the family, young couple, a few tourists, and a refugee who all end up in the same secluded, idyllic cove filled with rock pools and sandy shore, encircled by green, densely vegetated cliffs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But this utopia hides a dark secret. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First there is the dead body of a woman found floating in the crystal-clear water. \u003cbr\u003e Then there is the odd fact that all the children are aging rapidly. Soon everybody is growing older--every half hour--and there doesn't seem to be any way out of the cove. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pierre Oscar L騅y's dramatic storytelling works seamlessly with Frederik Peeters's sinister art to create a profoundly disturbing and fantastical mystery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Begins like a murder mystery, continues like an episode of \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, and finishes with a kind of existentialism that wouldn't be out of place in a Von Trier film.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pierre Levy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1906838380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781906838386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Selfmadehero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/06\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2013 pg. 56","brand":"Pierre Levy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055428792575,"sku":"9781906838386","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ac30ad4-1b8f-4377-a9f0-4683f244611f.jpg?v=1685035715","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sandcastle-pierre-oscar-levy-9781906838386","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}