{"product_id":"9781606997307","title":"Arsene Schrauwen","description":"\u003cp\u003eUtopia comes with a price in this European cartoonist's graphic novel debut inspired by his mid-century colonialist grandfather.In 1947, the author’s grandfather, Arsene Schrauwen, traveled across the ocean to a mysterious, dangerous jungle colony at the behest of his cousin. Together they would build something deemed impossible: a modern utopia in the wilderness — but not before Arsene falls in love with his cousin’s wife, Marieke. Whether delirious from love or a fever-inducing jungle virus, Arsene’s loosening grip on reality is mirrored by the graphic novel reader’s uncertainty of what is imagined or real by Arsene. This first full-length graphic novel from the critically-acclaimed Olivier Schrauwen is an engrossing, sometimes funny, slightly surreal and often beautiful narrative.Finalist, 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Graphic Novel\/ComicsShortlist, Slate's 2014 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Print Comic of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055253602544,"sku":"9781606997307","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781606997307_p0.jpg?v=1763836144","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781606997307","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}