{"product_id":"cixin-lius-yuanyuans-bubbles","title":"Cixin Liu's Yuanyuan's Bubbles","description":"                                            \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn international collaboration involving 26 writers and illustrators from 14 different countries have transformed 15 of Cixin Liu's     'China's answer to Arthur C. Clarke' (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e)     award-winning stories into graphic novels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYuanyuan was five months old when she saw bubbles for the first time. In that moment, her eyes lit up with a radiance that outshone the sun and stars, and she felt she truly saw the world for the first time. From that day on, her life's one dream was to blow the biggest bubbles possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYuanyuan's father doesn't approve of her dream. He fears his daughter's obsession is childish and too fleeting for his daughter, and longs for her to turn her intelligence to a calling that might help people. Their city is dying, but Yuanyuan focuses solely on blowing bigger and bigger bubbles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Yuanyuan learns to create a bubble the size of a city     greater even     it may be that her obsession isn't so unhelpful after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePraise for Cixin Liu-\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Your next favourite sci-fi novel' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWired\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Immense' \u003cb\u003eBarack Obama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Unique' \u003cb\u003eGeorge R.R. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'SF in the grand style' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Mind-altering and immersive' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A milestone in Chinese science-fiction' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'China's answer to Arthur C. Clarke' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie Mangin\u003c\/b\u003e is a French writer of more than sixty books and comic books. Her writings draw on her studies of history, politics and culture at the prestigious Ecole Nationale des Chartes in Paris, playing with tropes of popular literature and historical events to provide original points of view and force readers to reconsider the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe city is dying     might Yuanyuan's obsession with blowing bigger and bigger bubbles be the answer? Cixin Liu's science fiction story 'Yuanyuan's Bubbles' is now realised as a graphic novel for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n                                        ","brand":"Cixin Liu's Yuanyuan's Bubbles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42353440981183,"sku":"9781801100021","price":31.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/s8y43xEoUJr5tZVyvW9CnWdBYbacNQcGdj2Gv6LDR-Aeaw_60_60.jpg?v=1684127295","url":"https:\/\/popweasel.co.nz\/products\/cixin-lius-yuanyuans-bubbles","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}