{"product_id":"social-fiction-9781681377407","title":"Social Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eAppearing together in English for the first time, three politically charged sci-fi graphic novellas by a pioneering French comics artist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDark, smart, and indomitably cool, the '70s and '80s dystopian visions of Chantal Montellier still unsettle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVisitors to an underground mall must recreate civilization after a nuclear strike may have wiped out the rest of humanity. Newlyweds find themselves implicated in a government eugenics program. A disembodied authority reprimands a man for stepping out of view of a security camera. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this collection of three novellas\u003ci\u003e--Wonder City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShelter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e1996--\u003c\/i\u003epublished together in English for the first time, Montellier's blend of dark humor, gripping storytelling, and consistent focus on the perils of totalitarianism shows her to be a master of both comics and science fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocial Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e includes a Q\u0026amp;A between Chantal Montellier and Geoffrey Brock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChantal Montellier \u003c\/b\u003eis a French novelist, painter, and comics creator. Montellier began working as an editorial cartoonist in 1972, with work appearing in newspapers and magazines such as \u003ci\u003ePolitis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eL'Humanité, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMarianne. \u003c\/i\u003eA contributor to the renowned comics magazine \u003ci\u003eMétal Hurlant \u003c\/i\u003eand one of the most active female comics creators in France, Montellier is known for her realist drawing style and her engagement with political and feminist themes in her work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Brock\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eVoices Bright Flags\u003c\/i\u003e, and the translator of a number of books, including the NYRB Classics and NYR Children's Collection editions of Carlo Collodi's \u003ci\u003ePinnochio\u003c\/i\u003e and the NYRC edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Tenderness of Stones\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618362986770,"sku":"9781681377407","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_439c09af-082a-43ad-b3b0-2d255e471338.jpg?v=1732533438","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/social-fiction-9781681377407","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}