{"product_id":"blurry-isbn-9781681378466","title":"Blurry","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST GRAPHIC NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLITERARY HUB\u003c\/i\u003e, AND \u003ci\u003eFORBES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA warm and quietly inventive new graphic novel about a group of characters whose lives interconnect in subtle, often unseen ways—and the seemingly mundane choices that bring them together or draw them apart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA man can’t decide between two dress shirts for a wedding.   \u003cbr\u003eA woman questions the style of her new glasses. \u003cbr\u003eA teacher considers quitting teaching. \u003cbr\u003eA figure-drawing model considers quitting modeling. \u003cbr\u003eA man drives into a fog bank and is unsure how to get home. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Dash Shaw, cartoonist of one of the New York Times Best Comics of 2021, comes a new graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eBlurry\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBlurry\u003c\/i\u003e, Shaw renders doubts around everyday decisions as startling cliffhangers, presenting us with the kinds of choices that can make a life expand or contract in equal measure. Drawn in clear lines and washes, Shaw captures the humor and anxiety of life in a one-of-a-kind structure that bends back to a thrilling, lyrical finish. \u003ci\u003eBlurry\u003c\/i\u003e is more evidence that Shaw is one of our greatest contemporary cartoonists.\"Few graphic novels pursue the “novel” part of the construction so successfully. “Blurry” uses a story-within-a-story-within-a-story structure, something less common in comics than in the prose of, say, David Mitchell or Italo Calvino.\" — Sam Thielman, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shaw is in control of all the elements of this book, which could have been created as a prose novel but gains something via the funky, unpredictable turns of his illustrations. Not one moment seems wasted in its 480 pages. It feels like a book I’ll reread in a few years. It’s the most satisfying new work I’ve read in 2024.\" —Frank M. Young, \u003ci\u003eThe Comics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s a thoughtful work full of well-delineated characters and intriguingly articulated questions.” — Greg Hunter, \u003ci\u003eThe Comics Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A chance encounter triggers an intricate sequence of stories within stories in Shaw’s kaleidoscopic latest … Shaw’s lithe ink illustrations complement the intimacy of the shared confidences, with subtle stylistic shifts lending each a distinct tone. As the anecdotes form links in a chain of received wisdom, Shaw finds insight glimmering in even the murkiest fog of uncertainty.”\u003ci\u003e —Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“The stories build, blossom and intertwine, moving forward or laterally at their own pace. Truly an example of the journey itself being the designation.\" —Rob Salkowitz\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Forbes \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shaw has established himself as one of this generation’s most distinguished cartoonists…. As characters are faced with decisions … the focus shifts entirely to a new protagonist, framing personal choices as cliffhangers while steadily expanding the story outward. It all builds to a grand finale that reveals just how much careful consideration Shaw has put into weaving these character threads together to create a fully realized community.” —Oliver Sava, \u003ci\u003eA\/V Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This novel in intricately crafted interconnected stories represents by far the most emotionally affecting and thematically rich entry in Shaw’s already-impressive body of work. Not to be missed.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Shaw, the author-illustrator of \"Bodyworld and Bottomless Belly Button,\" reinvents himself with each graphic novel. Blurry lacks a central character, instead letting the narrative flow from person to person, couple to couple, like a passed baton made up of grace and light.” — Ed Park, \u003ci\u003eThe Week \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDash Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several graphic novels, including \u003ci\u003eBottomless Belly Button\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDiscipline\u003c\/i\u003e, published by New York Review Comics in 2021 and named one of the best graphic novels of that year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written and directed two animated feature films, the most recent of which, \u003ci\u003eCryptozoo\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Sundance Film Festival’s NEXT Innovator Prize and was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the Independent Spirit Awards. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.","brand":"New York Review Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302765220069,"sku":"NP9781681378466","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781681378466.jpg?v=1767722881","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/blurry-isbn-9781681378466","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}