{"product_id":"good-bye-9781770460782","title":"Good-Bye","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawn in 1971 and 1972, these stories expand Yoshihiro Tatsumi's prolific artist's vocabulary for characters contextualized by themes of depravity and disorientation in twentieth-century Japan. \r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome of the tales focus on the devastation the country felt as a result of World War II: in one story a man devotes twenty years to preserving the memory of those killed at Hiroshima, only to discover a horrible misconception at the heart of his tribute. Yet, while American influence does play a role in the disturbing and bizarre stories contained within this volume, as always it is Tatsumi's characters that bear his hallmark, muddling through isolated despair and fleeting pleasure to live out their darkly nuanced lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yoshihiro Tatsumi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.72h x 6.47w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770460782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1935, \u003cb\u003eYoshihiro Tatsumi \u003c\/b\u003ebegan writing and drawing comics for a sophisticated adult readership in a realistic style he called \u003ci\u003eGekiga\u003c\/i\u003e. He has influenced generations of cartoonists and lives in Japan.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yoshihiro Tatsumi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42888293941311,"sku":"9781770460782","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/0710\/5855\/files\/9781770460782.jpg?v=1770409319","url":"https:\/\/casitamanga.com\/products\/good-bye-9781770460782","provider":"Casita Manga","version":"1.0","type":"link"}