{"product_id":"9781770461734","title":"First Year Healthy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mysterious, unsettling parable from one of North America's most popular cartoonists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Year Healthy\u003c\/i\u003e purports to be the story of a young woman, recently released from the hospital after an outburst, and her burgeoning relationship with an odd, perhaps criminal Turkish immigrant. In a scant forty-five pages, working with a vibrant, otherworldly palette of magentas, yellows, and grays, Michael DeForge brings to life a world whose shifting realities are as treacherous as the thin ice its narrator walks on. \u003ci\u003eFirst Year Healthy\u003c\/i\u003e is all it appears to be and more: a parable about mental illness, a folktale about magical cats, and a bizarre, compelling story about relationships.\u003cbr\u003e DeForge's singular voice and vision have, in a few short years, rocketed his work to the apex of the contemporary comics canon. \u003ci\u003eAnt Colony \u003c\/i\u003ewas his first book with Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly: It appeared on \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Graphic Bestseller List and was lauded by the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. His effortless storytelling and eye for striking page design make each page of \u003ci\u003eFirst Year Healthy \u003c\/i\u003ea fascinating puzzle to be unraveled. \u003ci\u003eFirst Year Healthy\u003c\/i\u003e, knotty and mysterious, demands to be read and reread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056617865456,"sku":"9781770461734","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770461734_p0.jpg?v=1763706687","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770461734","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}