{"product_id":"sassy-cats-isbn-9781770468979","title":"Sassy Cats","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith those piercing eyes and flicks of the tail, house cats observe domesticity poetically, and with sass\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Have you ever given birth before?”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Me..? No, not yet.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“When it happened to me for the first time, it wasn't just kittens that I birthed, but also me as a mother. So now, as I'm raising them, I am also raising myself as a mother… And it ain’t no joke! So, no! I don't really have the luxury to think about things like whether my children are 'cute’ or not.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are the simple musings of a house cat, sprawled on a veranda in the sun, while birds flit and flutter by, as she nurses her most recent litter and chats with a curious yearling. But these are also the musings of Yamada Murasaki.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSassy Cats\u003c\/i\u003e was the pioneering manga artist’s bold return to comics after a yearslong hiatus, during which time she gave birth to two girls. Engaging sensitively and poetically with domesticity, motherhood, and gender relations, Sassy Cats is the work of a master cartoonist, evident in the silky lines of these felines and the textural play at work on the page.  \u003cbr\u003eOriginally serialized in the legendary alternative magazine Garo between 1979 and 1980, \u003ci\u003eSassy Cats\u003c\/i\u003e is translated by Ryan Holmberg and includes an essay by the cartoonist's daughter Yamada Yu about her mom, cats, and growing up with a cartoonist. | \"This groundbreaking alternative manga moves with a spare poetry through daily routines and moments of solitude.\" —James Smart, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Concise, elegant, and deceptively simple.”--\u003ci\u003eUnder the Radar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A revelation.”--Rachel Cooke, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003cb\u003eYamada Murasaki \u003c\/b\u003e(1948–2009) debuted as a cartoonist in 1969. Informed by her upbringing—she was raised mainly by her grandmother—and a background in design and poetry, Yamada’s early work was unique in form and content, offering realistic portraits of young women negotiating complicated family situations and the passage to adulthood. In the late ’70s, after having a family of her own, her work shifted to young mothers negotiating children, husbands, and the balance between social responsibilities as a housewife and self-respect as a woman. Yamada published manga in practically every issue of Garo from 1978 to 1986, and is considered the first cartoonist to use the artistic freedoms of alternative manga to explore motherhood and domesticity with an unromantic eye. She is the cartoonist of \u003ci\u003eTalk to My Back\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSecond Hand Love.  \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Drawn and Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48759507026149,"sku":"NP9781770468979","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781770468979.jpg?v=1775598815","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/sassy-cats-isbn-9781770468979","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}