| Abandon the Old in Tokyo Contributor(s): Tatsumi, Yoshihiro (Author), Oniki, Yuji (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1770460772 ISBN-13: 9781770460775 Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly OUR PRICE: $14.41 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary - Comics & Graphic Novels | Manga - General |
| Dewey: 741.595 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.47" W x 8.72" (0.72 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Yoshihiro Tatsumi's maturation as a storyteller. Many of the stories deal with the economic hardships of the time and the strained relationships between men and women, but do so by means of dark allegorical twists and turns. A young sewer cleaner's girlfriend has a miscarriage and leaves him when he proves incapable of finding higher-paying work. When a factory worker loses his hand on the job, the parallels between him and his pet monkey prove startling and significant. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tatsumi, Yoshihiro: - 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 is the cartoonist of The Push Man and Other Stories and Abandon the Old in Tokyo. |