{"product_id":"9780988901452","title":"Truth is Fragmentary: Travelogues \u0026 Diaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCartoonist Studio Prize Shortlist 2014\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFor an impoverished cartoonist, I do an awful lot of international traveling.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaw, bare-boned, scathingly funny dispatches from the renowned comic diarist Gabrielle Bell, with biting cultural commentary mixed with her signature introspective, self-deprecating humor, and surreal digressions (from car-driving bears, through Zombie Apocalypses, to cute babies, and . . . more bears!) as she visits France, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Colombia, back to Brooklyn, and finally landing in upstate New York. In \u003ci\u003eTruth is Fragmentary\u003c\/i\u003e Gabrielle Bell proves she can be . . . funny!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eGabrielle Bell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in England and raised in California. Her work has been selected for the 2007, 2009, and 2010 \u003ci\u003eBest American Comics\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eYale Anthology of Graphic Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e , and she has contributed to \u003ci\u003eMcSweeneys\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e , the \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e . The title story of Bell's book, \"Cecil and Jordan in New York,\" has been adapted for the film anthology \u003ci\u003eTokyo!\u003c\/i\u003e by Michel Gondry. Her latest book, \u003ci\u003eThe Voyeurs\u003c\/i\u003e , was selected as one of the top five graphic novels of 2012 by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e . She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Uncivilized Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024287547632,"sku":"9780988901452","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780988901452_p0.jpg?v=1763893262","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780988901452","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}