{"product_id":"american-splendor-the-life-and-times-of-harvey-pekar","title":"American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAmerican Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eHarvey Pekar\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780345468307\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBallantine Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e320\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe inspiration for the award-winning movie\u003cbr\u003efrom HBO Films and Fine Line Features \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAMERICAN SPLENDOR\u003cbr\u003eThe Life and Times of Harvey Pekar \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo classic comic anthologies in one volume \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStories by Harvey Pekar \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction by R. Crumb \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArt by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett, Sean Carroll, Sue Cavey, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Val Mayerik, and Gerry Shamray \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe classic collection of the comics that inspired the movie \u003ci\u003eAmerican\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSplendor\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAmerican Splendor\u003c\/i\u003e is the world's first literary comic book. Cleveland native Harvey Pekar is a true American original. A V.A. hospital file clerk and comic book writer, Harvey chronicles the ordinary and mundane in stories both funny and touching. His dead-on eye for the frustrations and minutiae of the workaday world mix in a delicate balance with his insight into personal relationships. Pekar has been compared to Dreiser, Dostoevsky, and Lenny Bruce. But he is truly more than all of them--he is himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Mr. Pekar has . . . proven that comics can address the ambiguities of daily living, that like the finest fiction, they can hold a mirror up to life.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Pekar] has a vision that makes daily city life--a ride on the bus, a run-in with a boss, or simply buying bread--dramatic.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Simply stated, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Splendor\u003c\/i\u003e is the most superb literary endeavor to come off the streets of Cleveland in decades.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e (Cleveland) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mr. Pekar lets all of life flood into his panels: the humdrum and the heroic, the gritty and the grand.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar | Harvey Pekar | Paperback | 9780345468307 | Used: Good | Back Stacks D 1765368","offer_id":49374532370584,"sku":"1765368","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91M_p6umAtL.jpg?v=1783001072","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/american-splendor-the-life-and-times-of-harvey-pekar","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}