{"product_id":"plan-of-occupancy-by-guy-delisle-and-jean-echenoz-pre-order","title":"Plan of Occupancy by Guy Delisle and Jean Echenoz (Pre-Order)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note that this is a pre-order and is estimated to arrive on April 20th 2027. When purchasing multiple items at once, please note that we will ship the order in full when all items are in stock. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn awardwinning cartoonist adapts the well-regarded French novella by Jean Echenoz in this taut and moving study on grief.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Parisian woman dies in a fire leaving her husband and son behind, bereft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fire has destroyed all traces of her. The only reminder the men have is a multi-storey mural, a perfume ad, featuring the woman as a young model. In his grief, the son silently walks by the mural every day. The father is loud and passionate in his grief and this drives them apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs time goes by, they watch as a building is built on the vacant lot next door slowly obscuring her image. The men venture to move into the building taking up residence in an apartment directly at face level to the advertisement. And so begins their plan to take down the wall separating them from their beloved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe original French novella is famous for its direct prose and even more so for its brevity. While published as a book, it spanned only 12 pages. Master cartoonist Guy Delisle (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePyongyang, Muybridge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) seizes the opportunity to pair his spare elegant cartooning with the prose equivalent—the effect of which is powerful and emotionally devastating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Mark Polizzotti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OK Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58754874966390,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0382\/1803\/9340\/files\/71LtEyUFJjL._SY425.jpg?v=1789642409","url":"https:\/\/okcomics.co.uk\/products\/plan-of-occupancy-by-guy-delisle-and-jean-echenoz-pre-order","provider":"OK Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}