{"product_id":"ex-libris-paperback-3","title":"Ex Libris - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatt Madden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEx Libris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e revolves around a character trapped in a room with nothing but a futon and a bookcase full of comics. As they peruse covers, read stories and fragments of stories, they begin to suspect that the comics contain hidden messages and... a threat. Fiction and reality blur; sanity and madness become increasingly intertwined as the reader becomes convinced the key to their predicament is to be found between the panels of the strange books.\u003cbr\u003eWith a dizzying array of inventive visual and narrative styles, \u003ci\u003eEx Libris\u003c\/i\u003e continues the line of exploration and play that Madden initiated with \u003ci\u003e99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style\u003c\/i\u003e. Ex Libris is a tribute to the meta-fictional tradition of writers like Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Vladimir Nabokov, and Italo Calvino (whose novel, \u003ci\u003eIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler, was the inspiration\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMATT MADDEN (NYC 1968) is a cartoonist, teacher, and translator. His best-known book is \u003ci\u003e99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style\u003c\/i\u003e, a comics adaptation of Raymond Queneau's \u003ci\u003eExercises in Style\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent work includes the comic books \u003ci\u003eDrawn Onward\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBridge\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been living in Philadelphia since 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48725860483321,"sku":"9781941250693","price":32.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Lkb6h94j8t9781941250693_e7ca9615-f6b9-4fa5-bb37-bd5d97db19e8.webp?v=1785239806","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ex-libris-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}