{"title":"Ma Zuo","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"night-bus-book-ma-zuo-9781770464650","title":"Night Bus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJourney through the countryside in this magical realist debut from an underground Chinese cartoonist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/i\u003e blends autobiography, horror, and fantasy into a vibrantly detailed surreal world that shows a distinct talent surveying his past.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nature infringes upon the man-made world via gigantism and explosive abundance-the images in \u003ci\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/i\u003e are often unsettling, not aimed to horrify, but to upset the balance of modern life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49738726310161,"sku":"NGR9781770464650","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49759424479505,"sku":"CIN1770464654G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51069673439505,"sku":"NIN9781770464650","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51520711721233,"sku":"GOR011798818","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1770464654.jpg?v=1751447028"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-ma-zuo.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}