{"product_id":"20-km-h","title":"20 Km\/H","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA slow-motion drive-by view of a collapsing universe meant to sit in the palm of your hand. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow fast can you go in a buggy drawn by the flap of a butterfly's wings? How do you measure the speed of waking from a dream? Such abstract inquiries into the unrelenting absurdity of contemporary life make up this omnibus of meditative vignettes from one of mainland China's most prolific and recognizable--yet anonymous--new underground cartoonists of the current generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery story in \u003ci\u003e20 km\/h\u003c\/i\u003e toes the line between pun and poetry, and lands somewhere just short of a zen koan: Come back to it as often as you like, it will never read quite the same way twice. A nondescript figure awakes from an assembly line of identically fashioned companions and boards a rowboat destined for the unknown. A man holds the key to sleep in his hand and uses it to disappear into his mattress. The moon is plucked from the sky and fed into a vending machine for a can of soda. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWoshibai's minimalist renderings are a startlingly delightful cocktail of existential dread and silent slapstick that arrest the mind's eye with equal parts humor and grace.","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67583394644157,"sku":"BS-TC0-466692","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781770466692-HD.jpg?v=1790514851","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/20-km-h","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}