Night bus / Zuo Ma ; translated by Orion Martin.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Chinese Publisher: Montréal, Québec : Drawn & Quarterly, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First English editionDescription: 400 pages : chiefly illustrations (black & white) ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1770464654
- 9781770464650
- Ye jian ba shi. English
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Graphic Novel | ZUO, MA | Available | 33111010670996 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Journey through the countryside in this magical realist debut from an underground Chinese cartoonist
In Night Bus , a young woman wearing round glasses finds herself on an adventurous late night bus ride that constantly makes detours through increasingly fantastical landscapes. Meanwhile a young cartoonist returns home after art school and tries his hand at becoming a working artist while watching over his aging grandmother whose memory is deteriorating. Nostalgic leaps take us to an elementary school gymnasium that slowly morphs into a swamp and is raided by a giant catfish. Beetles, salamanders, and bug-eyed fish intrude upon the bus ride of the round-glasses woman as the night stretches on. Night Bus blends autobiography, horror, and fantasy into a vibrantly detailed surreal world that shows a distinct talent surveying his past.
Nature infringes upon the man-made world via gigantism and explosive abundance-the images in Night Bus are often unsettling, not aimed to horrify, but to upset the balance of modern life.
Zuo Ma is part of a burgeoning Chinese art comics scene that pushes emotion to the forefront of the story while playing with action and dreams.
Translated from the Chinese. Original transliterated Chinese title: Ye jian ba shi. Translated by R. Orion Martin.
"In Night Bus, a young woman wearing round glasses finds herself on an adventurous late night bus ride that constantly makes detours through increasingly fantastical landscapes. Meanwhile a young cartoonist returns home after art school and tries his hand at becoming a working artist while watching over his aging grandmother whose memory is deteriorating... Night Bus blends autobiography, horror, and fantasy into a vibrantly detailed surreal world that shows a distinct talent surveying his past... Nature infringes upon the man-made world via gigantism and explosive abundance-the images in Night Bus are often unsettling, not aimed to horrify, but to upset the balance of modern life."-- Provided by publisher.