Book

Oba Electroplating Factory

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL TSUG (CEN)

Edition

First edition.

Languages

In English, translated from the Japanese.

Publication Information

[Quebec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2024.

Physical Description

xxxvi, 229 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm

Summary

"Oba electroplating factory shows Tsuge reflecting upon his own life, his work, and his contemporaries. While on a trip to hot springs, a wife teases her husband about a former fling: a young cartoonist is aghast at the cavalier conduct of his supposed betters; a child slaves away at a dangerous factory job, unaware of the danger and adult dramas surrounding him. Translated by Ryan Holmber, this volume is an indispensable addition to the literary comics canon and shining example of world literature at its most human. Following his breakthrough success of "Neijishiki, Yoshiharu Tsuge forgest a path for autofiction in manga and changes the cultural landscape of comics forever. The fourth volume of seven from the celebrated and influential Garo artist, Oba Electroplating Factory contains some of Tsuge's most revealing and personal works--studies in staging nature, working to evoke stillness and movement that renders his chosen setting a character all on its own"--Back cover.

Notes

"This book is presented in the traditional Japanese manner and is meant to be read from right to left."

Contents

  • Boarding house days (January 1973)
  • Oba electroplating factory (April 1973)
  • Someone I miss (August 1973)
  • Realism Inn (November 1973)
  • The incident (April 1974)
  • Wasteland Inn (July 1974)
  • Yoshio's youth (November 1974)
  • The art of oneself : Tsuge Yoshiharu settles in

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