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Beautifully illustrated in black and white, Imagine Wanting Only This confirms Kristen Radtke as an important new voice in the comics world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49735970685201,"sku":"NGR9781787330504","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49755915157777,"sku":"GOR009043583","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51514262487313,"sku":"GOR009086274","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52337097376017,"sku":"NLS9781787330504","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1787330508.jpg?v=1751433927"},{"product_id":"seek-you-book-kristen-radtke-9781524748067","title":"Seek You","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eImagine Wanting Only This--\u003c\/i\u003ea timely and moving meditation on isolation and longing, both as individuals and as a society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Nonfiction Book of the Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e There is a silent epidemic in America: loneliness. Shameful to talk about and often misunderstood, loneliness is everywhere, from the most major of metropolises to the smallest of towns.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSeek You\u003c\/i\u003e, Kristen Radtke's wide-ranging exploration of our inner lives and public selves, Radtke digs into the ways in which we attempt to feel closer to one another, and the distance that remains. Through the lenses of gender and violence, technology and art, Radtke ushers us through a history of loneliness and longing, and shares what feels impossible to share.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ranging from the invention of the laugh-track to the rise of Instagram, the bootstrap-pulling cowboy to the brutal experiments of Harry Harlow, Radtke investigates why we engage with each other, and what we risk when we turn away. 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Over time, this fascination deepened until it triggered a journey around the world in search of ruined places. Now, in this genre-smashing graphic memoir, she leads us through deserted cities in the American Midwest, an Icelandic town buried in volcanic ash, islands in the Philippines, New York City, and the delicate passageways of the human heart. 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