false 4930396 1 <P><B>The epic autobiography of a manga master<BR><BR></B>Acclaimed for his visionary short-story collections <I>The Push Man and Other Stories</I>, <I>Abandon the Old in Tokyo</I>, and <I>Good-Bye</I>—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. <I>A Drifting Life</I> 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.<BR><BR>Spanning fifteen years from August 1945 to June 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, the manga artist Osamu Tezuka (<I>Astro Boy</I>, <I>Apollo’s Song</I>, <I>Ode to Kirihito</I>, <I>Buddha</I>)—with whom Tatsumi eventually became a peer and, at times, a stylistic rival. As with his short-story collection, <I>A Drifting Life</I> is designed by Adrian Tomine.</P> 4996024 14 4 2009 A Drifting Life total:141|5:55|4:56|3:23|2:6|1:1| 141 581 290 33 3 1 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 12:56:44 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 12:55:46 -0700 2009 A Drifting Life is a bildungsroman but instead of focusing ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:27:02 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:55:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 16:52:24 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 18:57:47 -0700 2009 Naruto or Yakitate!! Japan or other titles that can be easily defined by their genres (horro...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 08 10:13:52 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 19:53:47 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 10:13:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 11:03:24 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 17:43:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 06:36:15 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 07:41:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue May 12 17:47:44 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 17:53:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 20:43:22 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 07:54:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 15:07:38 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 15:50:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 15:51:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 08:49:28 -0700 2009
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