{"product_id":"sweet-time","title":"Sweet Time","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten and Illustrated by Weng Pixin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned copies available (while stocks last)!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVibrant swatches of paint build resonant portraits of heartache, childhood memories, and loneliness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSweet Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an intimate rumination on love, empathy, and confidence. Singaporean cartoonist Weng Pixin delicately explores strained relationships with a kind of hopefulness while acknowledging their inevitable collapse. Her stories are like a series of snapshots in a photo album or the brightest highlights from an Instagram profile. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGorgeous image follows gorgeous image in a delicate quest to find connection. A night out turns into a chance encounter that is at first ecstatic and then quickly descends into awkwardness. A round of “he loves me, he loves me not” becomes a way of reading every action taken by a distant love interest. A couple find themselves in an artificially beautiful landscape, but the relationship can’t survive their difference of opinion on the illusion of its beauty. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSweet Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, thick and bold strokes of colour mingle with delicate lines. Weng combines colourful realism with a gentle wit and introspection, crafting infinitely relatable stories of everyday life and love now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContent Advisory: This graphic novel is intended for an adult audience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/drawnandquarterly.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/sweet-time-weng-pixin-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eCheck out this review of Sweet Time from Drawn and Quarterly\u003c\/a\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e=====\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 9781770463851\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003eSize: 16 x 24.5cm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woods in the Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32311932878896,"sku":"9781770463851","price":40.65,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2950\/5102\/products\/Weng_Pixin-Sweet_Time.jpg?v=1598170994","url":"https:\/\/www.woods-in-thebooks.mom\/products\/sweet-time","provider":"Woods in the Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}