{"product_id":"apsara-engine-9781936932818","title":"Apsara Engine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2020 \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Prize for Graphic Novel\/Comics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Comics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2021 Ferro-Grumley Literary Award for LGBTQ Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe eight delightfully eerie stories in \u003cem\u003eApsara Engine\u003c\/em\u003e are a subtle intervention into everyday reality. A woman drowns herself in a past affair, a tourist chases another guest into an unforeseen past, and a nonbinary academic researches postcolonial cartography. Imagining diverse futures and rewriting old mythologies, these comics delve into strange architectures, fetishism, and heartbreak.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePainted in rich, sepia-toned watercolors, \u003cem\u003eApsara Engine\u003c\/em\u003e is Bishakh Som's highly anticipated debut work of fiction. Showcasing a series of fraught, darkly humorous, and seemingly alien worlds--which ring all too familiar--Som captures the weight of twenty-first-century life as we hurl ourselves forward into the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn astonishing collection of stories that expand and pulse into galaxy-sized moments of strangeness and wonder. --Kelly Link, author of \u003cem\u003eGet in Trouble\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Som has created a collection of short stories that dance between genres and identities, moving from incisive descriptions of modern social realities to poetic ruminations on the future. This anthology by an up-and-coming comics superstar, which centers queer and trans South Asian narratives, is precisely what we need right now.\" \u003cem\u003e--Them\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBishakh Som is an artist, illustrator, and writer whose work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, BuzzFeed, the \u003cem\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Rail\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. Her books include \u003cem\u003eApsara Engine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSpellbound: A Graphic Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Prefab Bathroom: An Architectural History\u003c\/em\u003e, and she was also a contributor to \u003cem\u003eWe're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e. Some is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631337378066,"sku":"9781936932818","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d4e7b552-2d3c-48fc-998b-d5bc13fb6037.jpg?v=1732769688","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/apsara-engine-9781936932818","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}