Monster Volume 5: The Perfect Edition - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1421569108 ISBN 13 : 9781421569109

Editeur : Viz LLC, 2015

Synopsis

ByNaoki Urasawa Synopsis"Once upon a time, there lived a monster withouta name. He wanted a name very badly. So one day he made up his mind to set outon a journey to find a name." How could this strange Czech children's story haveupset Johan so much? Does the book hold any clues to the mystery of Johan'sbirth? One mystery leads to another as events unfold. The border police spotTenma when he tries to smuggle himself into the Czech Republic to look forJohan's mother. With the help of Grimmer, a freelance journalist, Tenma managesa narrow escape. Though the two men part without discussing what brought themtogether, Grimmer is also deeply interested in the same thing Tenma is lookingfor―511 Kinderheim, which once existed in East Germany. The storymoves to the streets of Prague...

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Naoki Urasawa's career as a manga artist spans more than twenty years and has firmly established him as one of the true manga masters of Japan. Born in Tokyo in 1960, Urasawa debuted with BETA! in 1983 and hasn't stopped his impressive output since. Well-versed in a variety of genres, Urasawa's oeuvre encompasses a multitude of different subjects, such as a romantic comedy (Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl), a suspenseful human drama about a former mercenary (Pineapple ARMY; story by Kazuya Kudo), a captivating psychological suspense story (Monster), a sci-fi adventure manga (20th Century Boys), and a modern reinterpretation of the work of the God of Manga, Osamu Tezuka (Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka; co-authored with Takashi Nagasaki, supervised by Macoto Tezka, and with the cooperation of Tezuka Productions). Many of his books have spawned popular animated and live-action TV programs and films, and 2008 saw the theatrical release of the first of three live-action Japanese films based on 20th Century Boys.

No stranger to accolades and awards, Urasawa received the 2011 and 2013 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material--Asia, and is a three-time recipient of the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award, a two-time recipient of the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize, and also received the Kodansha Manga Award. Urasawa has also become involved in the world of academia, and in 2008 accepted a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University, where he teaches courses in, of course, manga.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Naoki Urasawa’s unforgettable thriller follows a brilliant doctor’s journey into the darkest depths of the human soul.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Viz LLC
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1421569108
• ISBN 13: 9781421569109
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 410
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Viz Media; https://www.also.com/ec/cms5/en_6000/6000/index.jsp ; ; Friedrich-Karl-Str. 9; Hamburg; 22391; Allemagne