{"product_id":"9781906838423","title":"The Nao of Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty-eight-year-old Nao Brown, who’s \u003ci\u003ehafu\u003c\/i\u003e (half Japanese, half English), is not well. She’s suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and fighting violent urges to harm other people. But that’s not who she really wants to be. Nao has dreams. She wants to quiet her unruly mind; she wants to get her design and illustration career off the ground; and she wants to find love, perfect love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNao’s life continues to seesaw. Her boyfriend dumps her; a toy deal falls through. But she also meets Gregory, an interesting washing-machine repairman, and Ray, an art teacher at the Buddhist Center. She begins to draw and meditate to ease her mind and open her heart—and in doing so comes to a big realization: Life isn’t black-and-white after all . . . it’s much more like brown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Nao of Brown:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lushly rendered, passionately digressive” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dillon turns in a narrative tour de force, featuring a script that works in perfect concert with almost cinematic art reminiscent of Milo Manara, but with far more expressive characters. A triumph of comics for grownups, this is a must-read.”\u003ci\u003e —Publishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The art in \u003ci\u003eThe Nao of Brown\u003c\/i\u003e is absolutely gorgeous . . . An intense story about a young woman who fights as hard to get out of her own head as some superheroes fight to save the world.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e’s A.V. Club\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This was the best read I have had in a long time.” —Scott Stantis, cartoonist for the\u003ci\u003e Chicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dillon makes his grand return in what can only be described as a visual spectacle.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Beat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Amazing artwork; a truly novelistic piece of storytelling, full of wisdom and compassion; and a book which is a beautiful artifact, a treat for those of a bibliophilic inclination.” —\u003ci\u003eComic Book Resources\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The battles are internal, but no less monumental for all of that. Such inner wars made \u003ci\u003eSandman \u003c\/i\u003ea classic, and I have no doubt that Dillon’s graphic novel will likewise be regarded as a seminal work in comic art.” —The Houston Press\u003ci\u003e Art Attack\u003c\/i\u003e blog\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Psychologically complex and surprising.” —\u003ci\u003ePaste Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s a masterpiece, and I really can’t recommend it enough.”—Comic Book Resources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Penciled and watercolored by hand, the pages glow with a lush realism, even in their darkest moments. The ever present motif of red can either anchor or engulf the reader, but always provides a vibrant glimpse into Nao’s life.” —\u003ci\u003eAsian Fortune News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SelfMadeHero","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061074346224,"sku":"9781906838423","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781906838423_p0.jpg?v=1763617503","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781906838423","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}