{"product_id":"spiral-and-other-stories-aidan-koch-9781681378350","title":"Spiral and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA delicate, dreamlike, and lushly detailed comics collection by a contemporary artist whose work explores the enmeshment of the human and non-human worlds.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor years, Aidan Koch's comics have been pushing the boundaries of the medium, reimagining what a comic can look like and how it can tell a story. Koch has been living and working in the desert of California, turning her focus toward the ways humans and the natural world converge. \u003ci\u003eSpiral and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis a triumph of that continuing process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing watercolors, pencils, crayons, charcoals, and collage, Koch builds worlds of dense detail and vast open spaces, urgent scrawled text and long silences, telling a series of stories about people and the places they inhabit. Characters yearn for each other, even as they're pulled toward different lives. Rivers dance together, then diverge as they make their way to the sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an accompanying essay by the author and critic Nicole Rudick, who explores Koch's craft and her move into environmentally focused comics, \u003ci\u003e Spiral and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is a showcase of Koch's mastery of comics as a medium that can contain astonishing forms and offer new kinds of storytelling for our uncertain times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aidan Koch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681378353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681378350\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 04\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.46w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/08\/2024","brand":"Aidan Koch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44598421487871,"sku":"9781681378350","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_558388a6-5980-4eed-b16e-603653498cdd.jpg?v=1702382420","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spiral-and-other-stories-aidan-koch-9781681378350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}