{"product_id":"jimmy-corrigan-the-smartest-kid-on-earth-isbn-9780375714542","title":"Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first book from the Chicago author of the “stunning” \u003ci\u003eBuilding Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) is a pleasantly-decorated view at a lonely and emotionally impaired \"everyman,\" who is provided, at age 36, the opportunity to meet his father for the first time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This haunting and unshakable book will change the way you look at your world.” —\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There’s no writer alive whose work I love more than Chris Ware.” —Zadie Smith, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSwing Time\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn improvisatory romance which gingerly deports itself between 1890's Chicago and 1980's small town Michigan, the reader is helped along by thousands of colored illustrations and diagrams, which, when read rapidly in sequence, provide a convincing illusion of life and movement. The bulk of the work is supported by fold-out instructions, an index, paper cut-outs, and a brief apology, all of which concrete to form a rich portrait of a man stunted by a paralyzing fear of being disliked.“This haunting and unshakable book will change the way you look at your world. Ware captures landscapes made to flatten emotion—a clinic shrouded in snow, a sterile apartment complex—and yet shows the reader the meaning and even beauty in every glimpse from a highway, every snippet of small talk.” —\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eJimmy Corrigan\u003c\/i\u003e pushes the form of comics into unexpected formal and emotional territory.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Graphically inventive, wonderfully realized . . . [\u003ci\u003eJimmy Corrigan\u003c\/i\u003e] is wonderfully illustrated in full color, and Ware’s spare, iconic drawing style can render vivid architectural complexity or movingly capture the stark despondency of an unloved child.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Ware’s use of words is sparing, and at times maudlin. But the real joy is his art. It's stunning. In terms of attention to detail, graceful use of color, and overall design—Ware has no peer. And while each panel is relentlessly polished—never an errant line or lazily rendered image—his drawings, somehow, remain delicate and achingly lyrical.” —Dave Eggers, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eCHRIS WARE is widely acknowledged as the most gifted and beloved cartoonist of his generation by both his mother and seven-year-old daughter. \u003ci\u003eBuilding Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, released in 2012, received 4 Eisner Awards, including Best Graphic Album, in 2013. His \u003ci\u003eJimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e won the Guardian First Book Award and was listed as one of the \"100 Best Books of the Decade\" by \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London) in 2009. An irregular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker (\u003c\/i\u003ewhere some of the pages of this book first appeared) his original drawings have been exhibited in the Whitney Biennial, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and in piles behind his work table in Oak Park, Illinois.","brand":"Pantheon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305531003109,"sku":"NP9780375714542","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375714542.jpg?v=1767730420","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/jimmy-corrigan-the-smartest-kid-on-earth-isbn-9780375714542","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}