Red colored elegy
By: Seiichi Hayashi ; [translation: Taro Nettleton].
Edition: 1st hardcover ed.
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly; Distributed in the USA by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Montréal; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781897299401
Subjects: Graphic novels -- Japan -- Translations into English.; Romans graphiques -- Japon -- Traductions anglaises.
Genres: Translations into English.; Traductions anglaises.
Work titles: Sekishoku erejii.
Description: "Seiichi Hayashi produced Red Colored Elegy between 1970 and 1971, in the aftermath of a politically turbulent and culturally vibrant decade that promised but failed to deliver new possibilities. With a combination of sparse line work and visual codes borrowed from animation and film, the quiet melancholy lives of a young couple struggling to make ends meet are beautifully captured in this poetic masterpiece. Uninvolved with the political movements of the time, Ichiro and Sachiko hope for something better, but they're no revolutionaries; their spare time is spent drinking, smoking, daydreaming, and sleeping--together and at times with others. While Ichiro attempts to make a living from his comics, Sachiko's parents are eager to arrange a marriage for her, but Ichiro doesn't seem interested. Both in their relationship and at work, Ichiro and Sachiko are unable to say the things they need to say, and like any couple, at times say things to each other that they do not mean, ultimately communicating as much with their body language and what remains unsaid as with words" -- from publisher's web site.
Notes: Translated from the Japanese.