{"product_id":"i-was-a-child-9780399183416","title":"I Was a Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn illustrated memoir by \u003cb\u003erenowned \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ecartoonist \u003c\/b\u003eBruce Eric Kaplan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e had crash-landed, instead of in the Sahara, into a middle-class Jewish home in Maplewood, N.J. in the late 1960s, it might feel something like \u003ci\u003eI Was a Child\u003c\/i\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Bruce Eric Kaplan, also known as BEK, is one of the most celebrated and admired cartoonists in America. \u003ci\u003eI Was a Child\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of his childhood in suburban New Jersey, detailing the small moments we all experience: going to school, playing with friends, family dinners, watching TV on a hot summer night, and so on. It would seem like a conventional childhood, although Kaplan's anecdotes are accompanied by his signature drawings of family outings and life at home-road trips, milk crates, hamsters, ashtrays, a toupee, a platypus, and much more. Kaplan's cartoons, although simple, are never straightforward; they encompass an easy irony and dark humor that often cuts straight to the truth of experience. Brilliantly relatable and genuinely moving, \u003ci\u003eI Was a Child\u003c\/i\u003e is about our attempts to understand the mysteries that are our parents, our families, and ourselves.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62236095775107,"sku":"9780399183416","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780399183416.jpg?v=1785357750","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/i-was-a-child-9780399183416","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}