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Good-Bye
Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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Description for Good-Bye
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: FXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340. 224 pages, Black and White Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FXA. Dimension: 221 x 164 x 14. Weight: 340.
Drawn in 1971 and 1972, these stories expand Yoshihiro Tatsumi's prolific artist's vocabulary for characters contextualised by themes of depravity and disorientation in twentieth-century Japan. Some of the tales focus on the devastation the country felt as a result of World War II: in one story a man devotes twenty years to preserving the memory of those killed at Hiroshima, only to discover a horrible misconception at the heart of his tribute. Yet, while American influence does play a role in the disturbing and bizarre stories contained within this volume, as always it is Tatsumi's characters that bear ... Read more
Drawn in 1971 and 1972, these stories expand Yoshihiro Tatsumi's prolific artist's vocabulary for characters contextualised by themes of depravity and disorientation in twentieth-century Japan. Some of the tales focus on the devastation the country felt as a result of World War II: in one story a man devotes twenty years to preserving the memory of those killed at Hiroshima, only to discover a horrible misconception at the heart of his tribute. Yet, while American influence does play a role in the disturbing and bizarre stories contained within this volume, as always it is Tatsumi's characters that bear ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Drawn and Quarterly
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9781770460782
SKU
V9781770460782
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About Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1935, Yoshihiro Tatsumi began writing and drawing comics for a sophisticated adult readership in a realistic style he called "Gekiga." He has influenced generations of Japanese cartoonists.
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