[EN] Graphic Novel Book Club: Night Bus

VIRTUAL BOOKCLUB - VIA ZOOM
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Join our Graphic Novel Book Club as we meet online Wednesday, February 23rd at 8 PM to discuss Night Bus by Zuo Ma, translated by Orion Martin.Where and How Can I purchase the book?
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NIGHT BUS
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.
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ZUO MA was born in Zhijiang City in 1983. After graduating from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology in 2005, he began his career as a cartoonist and freelance illustrator. His comics typically encompass horror, fantasy, and autobiography. Zuo Ma is considered one of the leaders in the nascent Chinese alternative comics scene.
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