Abandon the Old in Tokyo
Tatsumi, Yoshihiro
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
"These stories get under your skin and invite rereading." -BookForum
Abandon the Old in Tokyo is the second in a three-volume series that collects the short stories of Japanese cartooning legend Yoshihiro Tatsumi. Designed and edited by Adrian Tomine, the first volume, The Push Man and Other Stories, debuted to much critical acclaim and rightfully placed Tatsumi as a legendary precursor to the North American graphic-novel movement. Abandon the Old in Tokyo continues to delve into the urban underbelly of 1960s Tokyo, exposing not only the seedy dealings of the Japanese everyman but Tatsumi's maturation as a story writer.
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Praise for Yoshihiro Tatsumi:
"These stories . . . reveal an artist who was making comics that weren't just adult, but truly mature." --The Village Voice
"The author's careful control of line expresses a broad range of emotion, and his layouts are so thoughtfully paced that his craft becomes invisible, always serving the story rather than drawing attention to itself." --The Washington Post
"Tatsumi makes it so any of his characters could be any of the others, crafting a powerful and still-potent commentary on the social and sexual roles of Japanese society." --The Miami Herald
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ISBN: 1894937872
ISBN(13-digit): 9781894937870
Dewey Decimal: 741.5/952
Library of Congress: oc2007057242
Book Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 194
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