Tatsumi, Yoshihiro, 1935-

A drifting life / Yoshihiro Tatsumi ; [edited, designed, and lettered by Adrian Tomine ; translated by Taro Nettleton]. - 1st ed. - Montréal, Quebec : Enfield : Drawn and Quarterly ; Publishers Group UK [distributor], c2009. - 855 p. : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.

"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.

ISBN: 9781897299746 (tr. pbk.) 1897299745 (tr. pbk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Tatsumi, Yoshihiro, 1935-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cartoonists--Japan--Biography.
Cartoonists--Family relationships--Japan.
Comic books, strips, etc.--Japan--Translations into English.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Japan--Social life and customs--1945-

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Comic books, strips, etc.--2009.

LC Class. No.: PN6790.J33 / T38 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 741.5952