{"product_id":"boxers-and-saints","title":"Boxers and Saints Boxset - Paperback","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoxers \u0026amp; Saints Boxed Set\u003c\/i\u003e from Gene Luen Yang, one of the greatest comics storytellers alive, brings all his formidable talents to bear in this astonishing work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn two volumes, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoxers \u0026amp; Saints\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e tells two parallel stories. The first is of Little Bao, a Chinese peasant boy whose village is abused and plundered by Westerners claiming the role of missionaries. Little Bao, inspired by visions of the Chinese gods, joins a violent uprising against the Western interlopers. Against all odds, their grass-roots rebellion is successful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut in the second volume, Yang lays out the opposite side of the conflict. A girl whose village has no place for her is taken in by Christian missionaries and finds, for the first time, a home with them. As the Boxer Rebellion gains momentum, Vibiana must decide whether to abandon her Christian friends or to commit herself fully to Christianity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoxers \u0026amp; Saints\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is one of the most ambitious graphic novels First Second has ever published. It offers a penetrating insight into not only one of the most controversial episodes of modern Chinese history, but into the very core of our human nature. Gene Luen Yang is rightly called a master of the comics form, and this book will cement that reputation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis boxed set includes the trade paperback \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoxers\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the trade paperback \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaints\u003c\/i\u003e, packaged together in one slipcase.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebestseller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNotable Children's Book of 2013\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39356342861890,"sku":"","price":2775.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/9781596439245.jpg?v=1622307629","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/boxers-and-saints","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}