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Le Lotus Bleu (Tintin #5)
by
Hergé
Alors qu'il est toujours l'hôte du Maharadjah, Tintin reçoit la visited'un chinois qui doit lui dire quelque chose de très important. Mais au moment de parler, le chinois est touché par une fléchette de poison qui rend fou. Avant de sombrer dans la démence, le malheureux à le temps de prononcer deux choses: "Shangaï" et "Mitsuhirato".
Tintin, désireux de faire la lumière su...more
Tintin, désireux de faire la lumière su...more
Hardcover, 62 pages
Published
July 1st 1999
by Casterman Editions
(first published October 17th 1935)
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This, the fifth entry in the Tintin series, is the first one with anti-racist content. Much of the essence of this story is Orientalist, and the presentation of both Chinese and Japanese characters is crude caricature. However, it is refreshing to see Tintin politely but firmly stand up to a racist British settler: "Your conduct is disgraceful, sir!" Likewise, Tintin and his new friend Chang have an exchange in which Tintin says that "different peoples don't know enough about each other," then s...more
Le Lotus Bleu...
... gewinnt viel durch seine Darstellung des Chinesisch-Japanischen Konflikts. Während Hergé in seinen frühen Bänden (Au pays des Soviets, Tintin au Congo, Tintin en Amérique) noch mit klassischen, für die Zeit üblichen Stereotypen Rassismusvorwürfe provoziert, ist er hier schon klar einen Schritt weiter, verfällt aber immer noch in eine urteilende Darstellung der zwei Konfliktparteien. Während er in Tintin au Tibet die gegnerischen Parteien (Chinesen und Tibeter) zwar auch klar...more
... gewinnt viel durch seine Darstellung des Chinesisch-Japanischen Konflikts. Während Hergé in seinen frühen Bänden (Au pays des Soviets, Tintin au Congo, Tintin en Amérique) noch mit klassischen, für die Zeit üblichen Stereotypen Rassismusvorwürfe provoziert, ist er hier schon klar einen Schritt weiter, verfällt aber immer noch in eine urteilende Darstellung der zwei Konfliktparteien. Während er in Tintin au Tibet die gegnerischen Parteien (Chinesen und Tibeter) zwar auch klar...more
Feb 04, 2012
David Sarkies
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Those who have read 'Cigars of the Pharaoh'
Recommended to David by:
Herge
Shelves:
adventure
This is the sequal to Cigars of the Pharaoh, and while Cigars can probably be read on its own, it is much better to read this one after one had read Cigars since it can be a little difficult picking it up where Herge left off. Obviously this was also serialised, but in this one the criticism that has been levelled against Herge for depicting foreign cultures from Euro-centric point of view has levelled off, particularly since at this time he had befriended a young Chinese boy, who appears in th...more
Le saut qualitatif par rapport aux débuts de la série est assez stupéfiant.
Cet album est extrêmement bien mené, avec un récit plein de rebondissements délicieux, de quiproquos, de trahisons et de courses-poursuites. L'action se situe immédiatement après Les Cigares du Pharaon et les intrigues de deux albums entrent en résonance, même si Le Lotus Bleu peut tout à fait être lu indépendamment. On se plonge dans les décors de Shanghai avec une grande facilité.
En outre, le récit est très lié à son é...more
Cet album est extrêmement bien mené, avec un récit plein de rebondissements délicieux, de quiproquos, de trahisons et de courses-poursuites. L'action se situe immédiatement après Les Cigares du Pharaon et les intrigues de deux albums entrent en résonance, même si Le Lotus Bleu peut tout à fait être lu indépendamment. On se plonge dans les décors de Shanghai avec une grande facilité.
En outre, le récit est très lié à son é...more
The best of the Tintin stories so far (I'm reading and rating them in order of publication): Hergé has really hit his stride with The Blue Lotus.
Nicely plotted with lots of intrigue to which we, the reader, are more privy than Tintin. An interesting device to increase narrative tension: "No, Tintin - don't trust him!"
Hergé, it seems, seeks to atone for his previously less than flattering representation of non-European cultures by rather heavy-handedly debunking some then-prevalent stereotypes of...more
Nicely plotted with lots of intrigue to which we, the reader, are more privy than Tintin. An interesting device to increase narrative tension: "No, Tintin - don't trust him!"
Hergé, it seems, seeks to atone for his previously less than flattering representation of non-European cultures by rather heavy-handedly debunking some then-prevalent stereotypes of...more
Far and away my favorite of the Tintin's thus far. The Blue Lotus brings closure to the action in Cigars of the Pharaoh. And for the first time, Tintin stands up to racist behavior: "Your conduct is disgraceful sir!" And an exchange later in the story seeks to dispel stereotypes between Chinese and European people:
CHANG: "I thought all white devils were wicked, like those who killed my grandfather and grandmother long ago. During the War of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, my father said."...more
TINTIN:
My review, as posted in Tintin Books
After a polite request was made that Hergé be sensitive in his portrayal of the Chinese, the artist went to great pains to accurately render the culture of China (although his portrayal of the Japanese may still have warranted some chastisement). This cultural investigation led the author to a personal ideology of freedom and cultural acceptance which would inform his later works.
China's leader ended up inviting Herge to a state visit due to his pleasure with...more
After a polite request was made that Hergé be sensitive in his portrayal of the Chinese, the artist went to great pains to accurately render the culture of China (although his portrayal of the Japanese may still have warranted some chastisement). This cultural investigation led the author to a personal ideology of freedom and cultural acceptance which would inform his later works.
China's leader ended up inviting Herge to a state visit due to his pleasure with...more
Herge is a Belgium-born comic writer, he studies in France for several years and perhaps knowledge is not the only thing he gained in France, but also an important friend who is going to be a huge part of his life later-on. His name, is Chang Jong-ren, a Chinese student studing in college in France. Chang was introduced to Herge by Father, the two got along quickly and very well. Herge devised to draw a book of Tintin going to Shanghai, China, in 1940s(the era in which they were living in), and...more
The Tintin stories for anyone who has read them and understands their history can't be viewed as anything other than groundbreaking. The beginnings of these stories have been around as long as the Lord of the Rings, the illustration and environments in the Tintin books are accurate and extremely detailed. Anyone who has spent even a little time exploring Herge (Georges Remi) can see the painstaking research and adversity he worked through to compose the world around Tintin. His ideas were ahead...more
This wonderful book evokes a lot of memories... When I was a kid my parents sent me to learn French at one of the many Institute Francais spread around the world. It was difficult, boring, and none of my friends seemed to care about it. Looking back, perhaps the only reason I stuck with it was that the Institute had a wonderful library, and in that library there was the entire collection of the Adventures of Tintin Les Aventures de Tintin. I can't even begin to describe what I liked about this c...more
Nov 18, 2012
Niral
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Shelves:
french-books,
graphic-novel,
november-2012,
mystery,
adventure,
fiction,
hergé,
boring-books
In this book of Tintin, Tintin gets a visit from a Chinese man who has to tell him something that he claims is very important. Before the man can say anything he gets shot in the neck with a black dart. He said "Shanghai" before he fell to the ground. After that Tintin left for Shanghai to figure out the mystery. I picked up this book because when I was in grade 7 my French teacher would make us watch a lot of Tintin movies, and I enjoyed them so I decided that I should read one of these books....more
May 14, 2012
Kim
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
action,
adventure,
childrens,
classic,
comic,
conspiracy,
crime,
detective,
educational,
historical,
mystery,
male-author,
1930s
After Tintin's travels in the Middle East and India he continues his investigation into the the mysterious drug-running organisation with the trial running into China. Set just prior to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria for the first time Hergé drops his European views and actually shows sympathy for the oppressed. Tintin teams up with the local Chinese to try and defeat the opium druglords and Japanese oppressors. He also dispels myths commonly held by Western society of the time which vilifie...more
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My review, as posted in Tintin Books
After a polite request was made that Hergé be sensitive in his portrayal of the Chinese, the artist went to great pains to accurately render the culture of China (although his portrayal of the Japanese may still have warranted some chastisement). This cultural investigation led the author to a personal ideology of freedom and cultural acceptance which would inform his later works.
China's leader ended up inviting Herge to a state visit due to his pleasure with...more
After a polite request was made that Hergé be sensitive in his portrayal of the Chinese, the artist went to great pains to accurately render the culture of China (although his portrayal of the Japanese may still have warranted some chastisement). This cultural investigation led the author to a personal ideology of freedom and cultural acceptance which would inform his later works.
China's leader ended up inviting Herge to a state visit due to his pleasure with...more
Nov 09, 2011
Patrick
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
tintin,
year-reads-september
Tintin is staying in India because the fakir he saved wants to reward him.A messenger comes and is able to only tell him something about Shanghai and a guy named Mitsuhirato,when he is struck by a dart dipped in Rahjaijah, the poison of madness.Later,he gets a letter telling him to go to Taiping Road and sees his rescuer, who has been poisoned to insanity.The next day,Mitsuhirato bids him farewell as he stes sail for India.But during the voyage,two men kidnap him and bring him to the house of hi...more
As expected!! The plot is very intrigue!! It has a lot of incidents before the main plot starts, there are interesting twists!! This part is not very gripping like the first part!! The main antagonist was not revealed til the end and his role is very brief when compared to that of his in the previous episode! The allies of the main villain was given a lot of scope and their role was very constructively narrated!!
I think u may not find this very much interesting and at the same time not very much...more
I think u may not find this very much interesting and at the same time not very much...more
Ce livre est la suite directe des Cigares du Pharaon. Tintin part à la recherche des trafiquants d'opium dans une Chine qui est occupée par le Japon. Dans ce tome, j'ai l'impression que Hergé commence à mettre de côté les stéréotypes pour se concentrer plus sur l'histoire. Hergé montre des signes d'ouverture en riant des clichés européens à propos des chinois lorsqu'il rencontre Tchang. C'est un autre bon Tintin.
Well, once again Titin and his faithful companion Snowy are on the trail of intrigue and danger! Villains are around every corner and there is no time to lose. The boy reporter as always saves the day, but not without help and of course the bumbling of Thomson and Thompson! These are so fast paced that you have little time to recover before Tintin and Snowy are in hot water again.
This excellent Tintin adventure is the follow-up to Cigars of the Pharoah. In it, Hergé is very sensitive, culturally, exposing stereotypes about the Chinese and treating prejudice with disdain, countering many of my objections to some of the other Tintin books. He also deals with the Japanese occupation of China in WWII, perhaps showing a developing aversion to the colonialism of his native Belgium. This is an excellent adventure and I highly recommend it.
Sering kali pingin memanjakan diri dengan membeli sebuah buku yang agak mahal. Buat beberapa orang harga buku sering tidak menjad masalah, tapi buatku merupakan salah satu pertimbangan.
Isinya sih nyaris sama dengan buku lainnya dengan judul sama.
Bedanya ada tambahan informasi. Misalnya dari mana sumber inspirasi tokoh Chang, situasi kota Shanghai dan sebagainya
Isinya sih nyaris sama dengan buku lainnya dengan judul sama.
Bedanya ada tambahan informasi. Misalnya dari mana sumber inspirasi tokoh Chang, situasi kota Shanghai dan sebagainya
This book immediately starts at the end of the Cigars of the Pharaoh. With this book, Herge becomes more provocative, as he takes on Japan's militarism and imperialism. The book was so stinging in its daring revelation of Japan's encroachments into China that the Japanese ambassador to Belgium (Herge is Belgian)filed a diplomatic protest. But Herge was right.
Excellent. A somewhat later volume that shows Hergé's increasing sophistication in regards to world events. No longer is he about stereotypes, but he actually seems to care about history and its impact on individuals. This is the result of influence from a Chinese student friend of his, who appears in this book and then in later books (Tintin in Tibet).
The Tintin stories for anyone who has read them and understands their history can't be viewed as anything other than groundbreaking. The beginnings of these stories have been around as long as the Lord of the Rings, the illustration and environments in the Tintin books are accurate and extremely detailed. Anyone who has spent even a little time exploring Herge (Georges Remi) can see the painstaking research and adversity he worked through to compose the world around Tintin. His ideas were ahead...more
I was a little miffed about having to read The Blue Lotus before Cigars of the Pharaoh (I'm still waiting for it to come in), but I was able to keep up with the story just fine. Hergé's illustrations were gorgeous, of course, and I lost count of how many times I nearly fell off my hammock while reading it—fantastic!
Ahhh... a journey back to childhood. I saw it last night at the Thai place where we had dinner and I couldn't resist to get back to the clearcut division between good and band, only to find and additional political background to which I was not familiar when I first met Tintin som 18 years ago. Mostly advisable.
Last book I read in 2011. Great adventure with Tin-Tin and Snowy, starting out in India and journeying to Shanghai to catch international opium smugglers set against the backdrop of the Japanese "incursion" into China in 1931 over the Nanking Railway incident. Another well-loved classic.
Possibly my favourite Tintin. Also the first one I ever read. It deals with opium gangs, so at the time I thought it was a bit naughty and that I was terribly grown-up for being able to understand it (the plot is slightly more complex than later Tintins.) A bit racist in the depiction of the Japanese. Doesn't quite venture into Congo territory, though.
Oct 05, 2012
Nike
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
ebook,
komik-novel-grafis
Kali ini di Shanghai.
Seru juga, Tintin sempat kena tembak tapi emang ya kalo kita baik dan pernah menyelematkan nyawa seseorang itu akan ada budi baik yang datang pada kita atas balasannya.
Tintin ini sebenernya jurnalis apa artis ya? kok malah dia mulu yang masuk koran :D
Eh tapi enak gitu jurnalis kayak Tintin bisa jalan-jalan kemana aja gitu ya :p
Seru juga, Tintin sempat kena tembak tapi emang ya kalo kita baik dan pernah menyelematkan nyawa seseorang itu akan ada budi baik yang datang pada kita atas balasannya.
Tintin ini sebenernya jurnalis apa artis ya? kok malah dia mulu yang masuk koran :D
Eh tapi enak gitu jurnalis kayak Tintin bisa jalan-jalan kemana aja gitu ya :p
From its famous front cover - a giant, twisting black Chinese dragon on a rich red background, facing Tintin and Snowy as they hide in blue vase patterned with a bird and flowers, the images lit by a pale green lantern - every frame is a detailed artwork in itself.
This is a comic about a person called Tin Tin that goes on a big adventure. He is trying to find a person that is keeping and making all this poison that makes people go crazy.
I liked this comic because it was a good story but also it was funny.
I liked this comic because it was a good story but also it was funny.
My first read of Tintin is a let-down. Story is terribly plotted. Characters have spunk, but no depth. The story is brisk, and needs to be. The art is at least OK, and sometimes beautiful. Entertaining enough for 3 stars, but I do not get the cult following of these books.
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Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist.
His best known and most substantial work is The Adventures of Tintin comic book series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, leaving the twenty-fourth Tintin adventure Tintin and Alph-Art unfinished. His work remains a strong influence on comics...more
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His best known and most substantial work is The Adventures of Tintin comic book series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, leaving the twenty-fourth Tintin adventure Tintin and Alph-Art unfinished. His work remains a strong influence on comics...more
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