{"product_id":"pittsburgh-9781681377865","title":"Pittsburgh","description":"\u003cb\u003eA moving graphic memoir about home, childhood, and family by the author of \u003ci\u003eStoreyville\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePompeii\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a family, and a city. Frank Santoro faces a straightforward yet heart-rending reality: His parents, once high-school sweethearts, now never speak to each other--despite working in the same building. Stuck in the middle, he tries to understand. The result is this book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing markers, pencils, scissors, and tape, with a variety of papers, drawing in vivid colors and exuberant lines, Santoro constructs a multi-generational retelling of their lives. Framed by his parents' courtship and marriage, and set amid the vital but fading neighborhood streets, the pages of \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh\u003c\/i\u003e are filled with details both quotidian and dramatic--from his childhood mishaps to his father's trauma in Vietnam--interspersed throughout with the mute witness of the family dog, Pretzel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSantoro, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eStoreyville\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePompeii\u003c\/i\u003e, has created his masterpiece. \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary reimagining of the comics form to depict the processes of memory, and a powerful, searching account of a family taking shape, falling apart, and struggling to reinvent itself, as the city around them does the same.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Santoro\u003c\/b\u003e's work has been exhibited at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City and at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eStoreyville\u003c\/i\u003e and has collaborated with Ben Jones, Dash Shaw, Gary Panter, and others. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50718819975442,"sku":"9781681377865","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c40516c-9124-4971-b17d-e730e3eba26f.jpg?v=1734651897","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pittsburgh-9781681377865","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}