| Edition |
1st ed., Apr. 2009. |
| Description |
855 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
First pub. under title: A drifting life in Gekiga. |
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Edited, designed and lettered by Adrian Tomine--T.p. verso. |
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Translated by Taro Nettleton--T.p. verso. |
| Summary |
"Acclaimed for his visionary short-story collections The Push Man and Other Stories, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, and Good-Bye--originally created nearly forty years ago, but just as resonant now as ever--the legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi has come to be recognized in North America as a precursor of today's graphic novel movement. A Drifting Life is his monumental memoir eleven years in the making, beginning with his experiences as a child in Osaka, growing up as part of a country burdened by the shadows of World War II. Spanning fifteen years from August of 1945 to June of 1960, Tatsumi's stand-in protagonist, Hiroshi, faces his father's financial burdens and his parents' failing marriage, his jealous brother's deteriorating health, and the innumerable pitfalls that await him in the competitive manga market of mid-twentieth-century Japan. He dreams of following in the considerable footsteps of his idol, manga artist Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Apollo's Song, Ode to Kirihito, Buddha)--with whom Tatsumi eventually became peers and, at times, stylistic rivals" -- from publisher's web site. |
| Genre |
Graphic novels.
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| Subject |
Tatsumi, Toshihiro.
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Cartoonists -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Cartoonists -- Family relationships -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1945- -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- Translations into English.
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| Added Author |
Tomine, Adrian, 1974-
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Nettleton, Taro.
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Tatsumi, Yoshihiro, 1935-
A drifting life in Gekiga.
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| ISBN |
9781897299746 : $29.95 |
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1897299745 |
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