A Drunken Dream & Other Stories

A Drunken Dream & Other Stories

A decades-spanning collection from the â€œfounding motherâ€ of modern shojo manga.
Fantagraphics Booksâ€™ first volume of manga is a collection of short stories by one of Japanâ€™s most influential and critically lauded comics innovators.

Moto Hagio has been reinventing shojo manga (Japanese comics marketed at 10-18 year-old girls) since 1969. Unconstrained by boundaries of genre, she has sculpted a career characterized by intellectual curiosity, psychological authenticity, and an aesthetic sense that has often been at odds with a shojo manga mainstream littered with Sailor Moon knockoffs and sub-Harlequin-romance clichÃ©s. Now, for the first time in English, we offer a Hagio primer, a selection of short stories spanning four decades of groundbreaking work â€• 1971-2007 â€• by an artist who is working at the peak of her creative powers. In â€œAutumn Journeyâ€ (1971), a boyâ€™s pilgrimage to the home of his favorite author has more meaning than either the author or his daughter can imagine. In â€œMariÃ©, Ten Years Laterâ€ (1977), two estranged friends learn too late how their actions had destroyed the balance of a perfect triad of intimacy. In â€œA Drunken Dreamâ€ (1980), two scientistsâ€•one a hermaphrodite, the other a tribal priestâ€•meet on a space station orbiting Io; but they have met before and are destined to meet again. In â€œIguana Girlâ€ (1991), a girl who appears to her mother and herself to be a hideous anthropoid iguana struggles to overcome her motherâ€™s rejection and find happiness ... but her mother has a secret.

Learn for yourself why the creator of There Were Eleven! (adapted into an anime) and A, Aâ€™ has influenced the careers of countless other creators, both within and outside the manga industry, and continues to garner international critical praise and appeal to readers across ages and generations. Illustrated throughout; including 16 pages of full color; 16 pages of two-color
Country USA
Manufacturer Fantagraphics Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2010-09-27
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781606993774

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Fantagraphics Books
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2010-09-27
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781606993774

A Drunken Dream & Other Stories

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