{"product_id":"sandcastle-a-graphic-novel-9781906838386","title":"Sandcastle: A Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandcastle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eby award-winning documentary filmmaker Pierre Oscar Lévy and illustrator Frederik Peeters \"truly inspired my film \u003ci\u003eOld\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a profound mystery, sci-fi graphic novel that is illustrated so beautifully and with such humanity. Its themes of aging had me thinking about my parents and children and how quickly it all goes by. From the moment I read this I was changed\" (M. Night Shyamalan).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's a perfect beach day, or so thought the family, young couple, a few tourists, and a refugee who all end up in the same secluded, idyllic cove filled with rock pools and sandy shore, encircled by green, densely vegetated cliffs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But this utopia hides a dark secret. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First there is the dead body of a woman found floating in the crystal-clear water. \u003cbr\u003e Then there is the odd fact that all the children are aging rapidly. Soon everybody is growing older--every half hour--and there doesn't seem to be any way out of the cove. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pierre Oscar Lévy's dramatic storytelling works seamlessly with Frederik Peeters's sinister art to create a profoundly disturbing and fantastical mystery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Begins like a murder mystery, continues like an episode of \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, and finishes with a kind of existentialism that wouldn't be out of place in a Von Trier film.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePierre Oscar L?vy\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He lives in France. \u003cb\u003eFrederik Peeters\u003c\/b\u003e's previous graphic novels have received multiple nominations for top awards at the Angoul?me International Comics Festival. He lives in Switzerland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Selfmadehero","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50857028682002,"sku":"9781906838386","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b286b0bf-1353-47b2-ab50-f3d9e1457e97.jpg?v=1737518389","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sandcastle-a-graphic-novel-9781906838386","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}