{"product_id":"spirits-of-san-francisco-voyages-through-the-unknown-city-9781635575880","title":"Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages Through the Unknown City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBeat\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Graphic Novel of Fall 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom two bestselling, prizewinning, and critically acclaimed contemporary chroniclers of San Francisco comes a rich, illustrated, idiosyncratic portrait of this great city.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGary Kamiya's \u003ci\u003eCool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e was a #1 bestseller and an award winner. Now he joins forces with celebrated, bestselling artist Paul Madonna to take a fresh look at this one-of-a-kind city. Marrying image and text in a way no book about this city has done before, Kamiya's captivating narratives accompany Madonna's masterful pen-and-ink drawings, breathing life into San Francisco sites both iconic and obscure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Madonna's atmospheric images will awe: be amazed by his astonishing wide-angle drawing for a jaw-dropping new perspective on the \"crookedest street in the world.\" And Kamiya's engaging prose, accompanying each image, offers fascinating vignettes of this incredible city: witness his story of \"Dumpville,\" the bizarre community that sprang up in the 19th century on top of a massive garbage dump. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHandsome and irresistible--much like the city it chronicles--\u003ci\u003eSpirits of San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e is both a visual feast and a detailed, personal, loving, informed portrait of a beloved city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Kamiya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635575880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Kamiya\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the #1 San Francisco bestseller\u003ci\u003e Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Northern California Book Award for Creative Nonfiction and is widely considered one of the best books ever written about San Francisco. He writes a very popular history column for the \u003ci\u003eSan\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrancisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e. A co-founder of Salon.com and the former executive editor of \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, Kamiya has been a fixture on the Bay Area literary scene for more than 30 years. He lives in San Francisco. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Madonna \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning artist and author. His popular series All Over Coffee ran in the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e for twelve years and has been collected into two sui generis bestsellers, \u003ci\u003eAll Over Coffee\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEverything is its own reward\u003c\/i\u003e. Paul is the creator of the Emit Hopper Mystery Series, and his unique brand of combining images and stories has been heralded as \"an all new art form,\" celebrated internationally in galleries and museums as well as in print.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39827816284275,"sku":"9781635575880","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e70201dd-7c98-4ec6-be62-32526312d285.jpg?v=1644577456","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/spirits-of-san-francisco-voyages-through-the-unknown-city-9781635575880","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}