false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400475m/53178.jpg 53178 1 <div><b>A collection of short stories from the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics.</b><br><br>Legendary cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi is the grandfather of alternative manga for the adult reader. Predating the advent of the literary graphic novel movement in the United States by thirty years, Tatsumi created a library of literary comics that draws parallels with modern prose fiction and today's alternative comics.<br><br>Designed and edited by one of today's most popular cartoonists, Adrian Tomine, <i>The Push Man and Other Stories</i> is the debut volume in a groundbreaking new series that collects Tatsumi's short stories about Japanese urban life. Tatsumi's stories are simultaneously haunting, disturbing, and darkly humorous, commenting on the interplay between an overwhelming, bustling, crowded modern society and the troubled emotional and sexual life of the individual. <br></div> 51862 1 9 2005 The Push Man and Other Stories total:369|5:129|4:155|3:66|2:14|1:5| 369 1496 495 73 5 2 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 22:42:59 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 16:42:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 01 00:35:16 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 01 00:53:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 21:58:32 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 22:00:39 -0800 2009
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Before I read the book, I had no idea who Yoshihiro Tatsumi is. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics" and he certainly deserves it.

The Push Man and Other Stories is a collection of short stories pr...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 12:22:18 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 13:00:08 -0800 2009 I can't think of one story in the book that remained devoid of any theme based on sex. I should add violence to that as well. Violenc...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 17:37:40 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 17:44:47 -0800 2008
What's really amazing is that this array of similarly themed stories, in terms of emotion, have such a broad spectrum of...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 13:53:07 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 14:13:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 10:28:59 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 10:33:40 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 16:50:05 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 16:57:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 19 12:13:55 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 12:15:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 12:25:20 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 09:31:38 -0800 2009 The various abortion stories made me physically nauseous.
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it gets to be kind of alarming how almost all the stories in here involve: the downtrodden working man, the unfaithful/oblivious wife/girlfriend/whatever & the unfortunate woman. so the story about the crossdresser is...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Dec 09 12:32:10 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 12:34:37 -0800 2008 and the next night i picked it back up and finished it and realized the brilliance of this collection!]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 29 11:50:51 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 11:52:02 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Aug 22 09:35:33 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 09:42:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 22 19:11:02 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 07:55:39 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 09:16:18 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 11:12:36 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 12:43:38 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 15:10:57 -0700 2008
An auto repairman lusts after a provocative TV personality.... An amputee spies on a man w...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 13:20:55 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 13:20:55 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=53178