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The Push Man and Other Stories

by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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A collection of short stories from the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics.

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.

Designed and edited by one of today's most popular cartoonists, Adrian Tomine, The Push Man and Other Stories 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.

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  • sweetafton

    sweetafton says

    This is a beautifully spare collection of stories from master. He communicates so much with a few strokes. I'm hard pressed to say which of these tales is my favorite. Does anyone have one they like best?

    posted Sunday, October 14 2007

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