{"product_id":"american-splendor-the-life-and-times-of-harvey-pekar-stories","title":"American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar : Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe inspiration for the award-winning movie\u003cbr\u003e from HBO Films and Fine Line Features\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e AMERICAN SPLENDOR\u003cbr\u003e The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Two classic comic anthologies in one volume\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Stories by Harvey Pekar\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction by R. Crumb\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Art by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett, Sean Carroll, Sue Cavey, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Val Mayerik, and Gerry Shamray\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe classic collection of the comics that inspired the movie \u003ci\u003eAmerican\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSplendor\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Splendor\u003c\/i\u003e is the world's first literary comic book. Cleveland native Harvey Pekar is a true American original. A V.A. hospital file clerk and comic book writer, Harvey chronicles the ordinary and mundane in stories both funny and touching. His dead-on eye for the frustrations and minutiae of the workaday world mix in a delicate balance with his insight into personal relationships. Pekar has been compared to Dreiser, Dostoevsky, and Lenny Bruce. But he is truly more than all of them--he is himself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Mr. Pekar has . . . proven that comics can address the ambiguities of daily living, that like the finest fiction, they can hold a mirror up to life.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"[Pekar] has a vision that makes daily city life--a ride on the bus, a run-in with a boss, or simply buying bread--dramatic.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Simply stated, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Splendor\u003c\/i\u003e is the most superb literary endeavor to come off the streets of Cleveland in decades.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e (Cleveland)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Mr. Pekar lets all of life flood into his panels: the humdrum and the heroic, the gritty and the grand.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780345468307\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £15.91","offer_id":47910379126961,"sku":"SB-0345468309-C3","price":15.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0345468309.jpg?v=1789238118","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-splendor-the-life-and-times-of-harvey-pekar-stories","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}