{"product_id":"boat-life-vol-2","title":"BOAT LIFE VOL 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBoat Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e returns in Volume 2, with novelist Tsuda Kenta continuing to meander between home life, the family jeans shop, and days of solitude on the river. Among this graphic novel's colorful cast of friends, we meet a former manga artist who dives for curiously-shaped stones and sells them from a riverside hut, and an eager producer intent on a film adaptation of one of Tsuda’s novels. Unfortunately, Tsuda’s health is deteriorating. He learns from the doctor that his liver was damaged by working at a blood bank when he was young. But Kenta continues his dream boat life, while obsessed by an enormous fish. Don’t miss the raucous night of Tsuda and his buddies boozing at a local temple. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more honest account in comics of how Japanese felt about life during and after World War II.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile fans of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTrash Market\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSlum Wolf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will enjoy this late-career elaboration of après-guerre themes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTsuge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been exploring since his debut in the legendary alt-manga magazine Garo in the late 1960s, fans of his brother \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTsuge Yoshiharu’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Man Without Talent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will appreciate the more relaxed and optimistic take on middle-aged reclusion and the grind of work and family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(W\/A\/CA) \u003cstrong\u003eTsuge Tadao\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTranslated by: Iyasu Adair Nagata and Ryan Holmberg\u003cbr\u003e$29.95, 304 pages, 6″ x 8″\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781963314120\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tsuge is one of the pioneers of gekiga manga for adult readers.\" - \u003cem\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTsuge Tadao\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of alternative manga's cult stars. Debuting as a cartoonist in the rental kashihon market in 1959, he was a leading contributor to the legendary magazine Garo during its heyday in the late 1960s and '70s. He has drawn extensively for magazines like Yagyo, Comic Baku, and Gento, often pulling from his experiences growing up in the slums of Tokyo, working for ooze-for-booze blood banks, and daydreaming while fishing. He currently lives in Chiba Prefecture, north of Tokyo, where he splits his time between cooking for his family and drawing ever-stranger manga. His work has been translated into English, Spanish, and Italian.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FLOATING WORLD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53061812977973,"sku":"9781963314120","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0260\/3030\/9430\/files\/81RcEL2loRL._SL1500.jpg?v=1783280983","url":"https:\/\/shop.floatingworldcomics.com\/products\/boat-life-vol-2","provider":"Floating World Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}