A drifting life / Yoshihiro Tatsumi.
| Author/creator | Tatsumi, Yoshihiro |
| Other author | Tomine, Adrian, 1974- |
| Other author | Nettleton, Taro. |
| Other author | Tatsumi, Yoshihiro, 1935-2015 |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed., Apr. 2009. |
| Publication Info | Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly, ©2009. |
| Description | 855 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Local note | Little-350721--305131037182Y |
| General note | First pub. under title: A drifting life in Gekiga. |
| General note | Edited, designed and lettered by Adrian Tomine--T.p. verso. |
| General note | Translated by Taro Nettleton--T.p. verso. |
| Genre/form | Graphic novels. |
| ISBN | 9781897299746 |
| ISBN | 1897299745 |