{"product_id":"a-drifting-life-9781897299746","title":"A Drifting Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Drifting Life\u003c\/strong\u003e by Yoshihiro Tatsumi. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781897299746.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe epic autobiography of a manga master\n\nAcclaimed for his visionary short-story collections The Push Man and Other Stories, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, and Good-Bye―originally created nearly forty years ago, but just as resonant now as ever―the legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi has come to be recognized in North America as a precursor of todays graphic novel movement. A Drifting Life is his monumental memoir eleven years in the making, beginning with his experiences as a child in Osaka, growing up as part of a country burdened by the shadows of World War II.\n\nSpanning fifteen years from August 1945 to June 1960, Tatsumis stand-in protagonist, Hiroshi, faces his fathers financial burdens and his parents failing marriage, his jealous brothers deteriorating health, and the innumerable pitfalls that await him in the competitive manga market of mid-twentieth-century Japan. He dreams of following in the considerable footsteps of his idol, the manga artist Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Apollos Song, Ode to Kirihito, Buddha)―with whom Tatsumi eventually became a peer and, at times, a stylistic rival. As with his short-story collection, A Drifting Life is designed by Adrian Tomine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Henry Holt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44878401798197,"sku":"ByrdShop_1897299745","price":37.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1897299745_771fd754-72f8-48bb-990b-6a9a1f6bacd7.jpg?v=1784153182","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-drifting-life-9781897299746","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}