Product Information
A collection of short stories from the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics. Legendary cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi is the grandfather of alternative manga for the adult reader. Predating the advent of the literary graphic novel movement in the United States by thirty years, Tatsumi created a library of literary comics that draws parallels with modern prose fiction and today's alternative comics. Designed and edited by one of today's most popular cartoonists, Adrian Tomine, "The Push Man and Other Stories is the debut volume in a groundbreaking new series that collects Tatsumi's short stories about Japanese urban life. Tatsumi's stories are simultaneously haunting, disturbing, and darkly humorous, commenting on the interplay between an overwhelming, bustling, crowded modern society and the troubled emotional and sexual life of the individual.Product Identifiers
PublisherDrawn & Quarterly Publications
ISBN-101896597858
ISBN-139781896597850
eBay Product ID (ePID)45681960
Product Key Features
GenreComics & Graphic Novels
Publication Year2005
LanguageEnglish
Artist/WriterYoshihiro Tatsumi
Dimensions
Item Height1in
Item Length8.7in
Item Weight23.6 Oz
Item Width6.6in
Additional Product Features
Volume NumberBK. 1
Number of Pages224 Pages
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"What a revelation this book is. I'd no idea that long before writers like Haruki Murakami and Kenzo Kitakata, the work of Yoshihiro Tatsumi had so expertly peeled away the lacquered layers of Japanese social and sexual surfaces to reveal the elemental heart beneath, and with such fearless depth of feeling. Decades ahead of its time and long overdue for U.S. publication." --Chip Kidd
Book TitlePush Man and OTHER Stories : Book One
Target AudienceTrade
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal741.5/952
TopicManga / General, General
Lc Classification NumberPn6790