Bibliograph

The man without talent, Yoshiharu Tsuge ; translated with an essay by Ryan Holmberg

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Label

The man without talent, Yoshiharu Tsuge ; translated with an essay by Ryan Holmberg

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages xx-xxi)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The man without talent

Nature of contents

bibliographycomics graphic novels

Oclc number

1101521940

Responsibility statement

Yoshiharu Tsuge ; translated with an essay by Ryan Holmberg

Summary

"Yoshiharu Tsuge is one of the most celebrated and influential comics artists, but his work has been almost entirely unavailable to English-speaking audiences. The Man Without Talent, his first book to be translated into English, is an unforgiving self-portrait of frustration. Swearing off cartooning as a profession, Tsuge takes on a series of unconventional jobs--used-camera salesman, ferryman, stone collector--hoping to find success among the hucksters, speculators, and deadbeats he does business with. Instead, he fails again and again, unable to provide for his family, earning only their contempt and his own. The result is a dryly funny look at the pitfalls of the creative life, and an off-kilter portrait of modern Japan. Accompanied by an essay from the translator Ryan Holmberg which discusses Tsuge's importance in comics and Japanese literature, The Man Without Talent is one of the great works of comics literature."--Publisher's website

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