Abandon the Old in Tokyo
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly; Drawn & Quarterly
Published: September 5, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781894937870
Subjects: Graphic Novels; Short Story; Comics & Graphic Novels; Literature: Classics; Literary; Comics & Graphic Novels / Literary; Anthologies
Description: "These stories get under your skin and invite rereading." "--BookForum """ "Abandon the Old in Tokyo "is the second in a three-volume series that collects the short stories of Japanese cartooning legend Yoshihiro Tatsumi. Designed and edited by Adrian Tomine, the first volume, "The Push Man and Other Stories," debuted to much critical acclaim and rightfully placed Tatsumi as a legendary precursor to the North American graphic-novel movement. "Abandon the Old in Tokyo "continues to delve into the urban underbelly of 1960s Tokyo, exposing not only the seedy dealings of the Japanese everyman but Tatsumi' s maturation as a story writer.