{"product_id":"this-beautiful-ridiculous-city-kay-sohini","title":"This Beautiful, Ridiculous City (Kay Sohini)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt once heartrending and enlivening, this phenomenal graphic memoir is not another ode to New York but a meditation on how easy it is to fall beautifully, ridiculously in love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cb\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER \u003c\/i\u003eGRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eThis is such a rich book, both visually and narratively\u003c\/b\u003e' - Isabel Greenberg, author of \u003ci\u003eYoung Hag\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A ravishing new take on a storied city' \u003c\/b\u003e- Katherine May, New York Times bestselling author of, \u003ci\u003eWintering \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEnchantment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn her first night in New York, Kay Sohini sits on the tarmac of JFK airport making an inventory of all she's left behind in India. Kay realises two things: she's finally made it to the city that made her in celluloid and prose from across the Pacific - Kerouac, \u003ci\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e, Plath - and that trauma she's endured in her relationship has left gaping holes in her memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn New York, at last, Kay has room to begin the work of piecing herself back together through art and food. But as her personal story becomes a window onto a mystifying metropolis both inhospitable and inspiring to the many who call it home, Kay embarks on an electric exploration of how to forge the self and a life of one's own today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once heartrending and enlivening, \u003ci\u003eThis Beautiful, Ridiculous City\u003c\/i\u003e is not another ode to New York but a phenomenal meditation on how easy it is to fall beautifully, ridiculously in love with places - and indeed people - that do not always love us back but somehow still save us in weird, unexpected ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A stunning graphic memoir... a praise-song to her adopted home... with its glorious, candy-coloured drawings' - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKay Sohini\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and artist based in New York City. With the support of the Mellon Foundation and the ACLS, she drew her doctoral dissertation in English literature as a comic. Her work has been commissioned by the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNib\u003c\/i\u003e, NYC Department of Education and others. \u003ci\u003eThis Beautiful, Ridiculous City\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 128 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65829803557213,"sku":"K097861143","price":20.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9786114300001A.jpg?v=1788697134","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/this-beautiful-ridiculous-city-kay-sohini","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}