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Published by First Second.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 224 pages, Monotone Color, 2011. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEisner Award Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarvey Award Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCybils Award Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVera Brosgol's first graphic novel, published in June, 2011 by First Second Books. 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Nostalgic leaps take us to an elementary school gymnasium that slowly morphs into a swamp and is raided by a giant catfish. Beetles, salamanders, and bug-eyed fish intrude upon the bus ride of the round-glasses woman as the night stretches on. 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He aspires to someday own a cat.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for Night Bus\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-1d58115239774b7484b93b9b5e9ca117\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16848 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/em\u003e, Zuo Ma puts a surreal twist on autobiographical storytelling. The graphic novel is a series of imaginative short stories that connect to Ma’s real life. Timelines happen alongside each other, dreams seamlessly flow with reality, plants and wildlife overtake urban settings in unnatural ways. Ma’s writing style feels like reading someone’s personal memories. Memories don’t always bend to reality, and our lives intermingle with our dreams.. [T]his is an enjoyable read that will have you looking under rocks like a kid again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWhite Wall Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16846 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMa [is] a structured creator producing incredibly detailed illustrations, with scenery, whether urban or rural, very important to him. His greatest artistic strength is the definition of location... [\u003cem\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis] well worth dipping into. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSlings and Arrows\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16607 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will awe at Ma’s transporting visions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16795 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\u003cem\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores] memories of a vanishing China and track[s] the dramatic changes wrought on the landscape by industrialization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16853 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeftly translated by Orion Martin, Zuo Ma's tales are literally eye-opening trips... By scrutinizing the world through 'the eyes of another,' Zuo Ma explores the porous and surreal boundary between fiction and autobiography, familiar and otherness, human and animal, untamed nature and rampant development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThuy Dinh, NPR\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16322 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLayered, poetic, deeply personal stories about a young artist and a country in transition. 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