• Abandon the Old in Tokyo / Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Abandon the Old in Tokyo / Yoshihiro Tatsumi Abandon the Old in Tokyo / Yoshihiro Tatsumi Abandon the Old in Tokyo / Yoshihiro Tatsumi

Abandon the Old in Tokyo / Yoshihiro Tatsumi

Books

FA.B61.0833
Fine Art Collection
2009
Adrian Tomine
Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Drawn and Quarterly Publications
Yuji Oniki
Manga, case bindings, graphic novels, offset lithography
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Second printing. Commercially offset printed, quarter bound graphic novel with illustrated cover. Book consists of manga stories, rendered in the "gekiga" style, and explores the seedy dealings of the Japanese everyman within urban underbelly of 1960s Tokyo. Stories include, "Occupied"--"Abandon the Old in Tokyo"--"The Washer"--"Beloved Monkey"--"Unpaid"--"The Hole"--"Forked Road"--"Eel". Book also includes a "Q & A" conducted by Tomine with Tatsumi in January 2006. "Edited, designed and lettered by Adrian Tomine; translated by Yuji Oniki..."-- Front matter.