{"product_id":"9781914224225","title":"Madame Choi and the Monsters: A True Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The true story of how a famous movie star and her ex-husband director were kidnapped by Kim Jong-il and forced to revitalize North Korea's film industry.\"--Provided by publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"Smart witty, shocking, compelling, romantic and, to be frank, just a bit terrifying, Madame Choi and the Monsters is augmented by a fully detailed 'Chronology' of events capping off a brilliant tale of how strange life, love and obsession can be. This is a treat no thinking funnybook fan should miss.\"-- Comics Review Review Quotes : \"The story is so incredible... It's worth reading just to get an intro to Madame Choi herself. What a remarkable woman.\"-- Bookmunch Review Quotes : \"Spät and Domingo create a stylized, bare knuckles approach to this drama, told half as dark kidnapping thriller, half as a parallel fantasy... A glimpse of an obscure snippet of history well made.\"-- borg.com Review Quotes : \"The stuff of blockbusters... This is a fascinating book.\"-- The Observer Biographical Note : Patrick Spät lives as a freelance author and editor in Berlin. He studied philosophy, sociology and literary history in Mannheim, Leipzig, and Freiburg, ultimately receiving his doctorate in philosophy in 2010. As an author, he mainly deals with historical and sociopolitical topics. He was a finalist for the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung Comic Book Prize in 2019 with the graphic novel Der König der Vagabunden ( The King of the Vagabonds ), published by Avant Verlag. Sheree Domingo studied at the Kunsthochschule in Kassel and at the Luca School of Arts in Brussels. As a cartoonist, she works and lives in Berlin. She was a finalist of the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung Comic Book Prize in 2016 with her graphic novel Ferngespräch ( Long Distance Call ), published by Edition Morderne. In 2022, she and her collaborator Patrick Spät went on to win the same prize with the German edition of Madame Choi and the Monster . Review Quotes : \"Sometimes true historical stories seem so outrageous that they can feel like a fictional script. When visuals such as comic art are added, the stories become even more engaging. Madame Choi and the Monsters is one of those stories - so engaging that it seems that it must be fake.\"-- International Journal of Comic Art Review Quotes : \"One of the wildest historical stories you're liable to hear... I simply couldn't help but admire the ambition.\"-- Comic Book Herald Publisher Marketing : The true story of how a famous movie star and her ex-husband director were kidnapped by Kim Jong-il and forced to revitalize North Korea's film industry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback | \u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176 | \u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2024-11-26\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Selfmadehero","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46490486571139,"sku":"9781914224225","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9781914224225.jpg?v=1770344319","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/9781914224225","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}