{"product_id":"grass-1","title":"Grass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppeared on best of the year lists from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and more! Winner of The Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Print Comic of the Year!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrass\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful antiwar graphic novel, telling the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War—a disputed chapter in twentieth-century Asian history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning in Lee’s childhood, \u003ci\u003eGrass\u003c\/i\u003e shows the lead-up to the war from a child’s vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Koreans. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee’s strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. \u003ci\u003eGrass\u003c\/i\u003e is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee’s memories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cartoonist Gendry-Kim’s interviews with Lee become an integral part of \u003ci\u003eGrass\u003c\/i\u003e, forming the heart and architecture of this powerful nonfiction graphic novel and offering a holistic view of how Lee’s wartime suffering changed her. \u003ci\u003eGrass\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark graphic novel that makes personal the desperate cost of war and the importance of peace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57307764097406,"sku":"NW9781770463622","price":17.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781770463622.jpg?v=1778997705","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/grass-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}