{"product_id":"we-come-here-to-starve","title":"We Come Here to Starve","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"46\"\u003eAt the \u003cstrong data-start=\"3\" data-end=\"20\"\u003eMidnight Café\u003c\/strong\u003e, everyone hungers for something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"48\" data-end=\"381\"\u003eThe animals who find this place have nowhere else to go. They don't fit into society, nor into their relationships – not even before God do they find their place. This rundown café has become their refuge. A place where they can hide from a world that has no room for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"383\" data-end=\"669\"\u003eThe Fly, the café's silent owner, welcomes every animal that walks through the door. She listens as they all search for belonging – only to repeatedly come to the same painful realization: \u003cstrong data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"669\"\u003esurvival and true belonging are mutually exclusive.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"721\"\u003eCome, sit down. The Fly is waiting for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"747\"\u003eWe Come Here to Starve\u003c\/em\u003e is a hand-illustrated, philosophical graphic novel about the conflict between survival and belonging. An allegory as beautiful as it is disturbing about crumbling refuges, the moral compromises of survival – and the dangerous desire to be loved without having to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1063\" data-end=\"1345\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1063\" data-end=\"1075\"\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1075\" data-end=\"1078\"\u003eThis book deals with sensitive topics such as self-destruction, trauma, and faith. It contains depictions and discussions of suicide, abuse, and explicit language. If such content could be distressing for you, please consider whether this work is suitable for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1347\" data-end=\"1648\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eIf you appreciate \u003cstrong data-start=\"1368\" data-end=\"1384\"\u003ePaige Parker\u003c\/strong\u003e's style but prefer a gentler read, it's worth taking a look at her equally hand-illustrated work \u003cem data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1532\"\u003eObservations on the Human Condition\u003c\/em\u003e – a poetic, thoughtful story that many readers find moving without being as intense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merchfox Comic Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57686170042716,"sku":"WCHTS01","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1012\/5017\/1228\/files\/WCHTS01_01.jpg?v=1779194621","url":"https:\/\/www.merchfox.at\/en\/products\/we-come-here-to-starve","provider":"Merchfox Comic Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}