{"product_id":"fallen-words-book-yoshihiro-tatsumi-9781770460744","title":"Fallen Words","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NEW COLECTION OF STORIES FROM THE FOREFATHER OF THE JAPANESE LITERARY COMICS MOVEMENT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFallen Words\u003c\/i\u003e, Yoshihiro Tatsumi takes up the oral tradition of \u003ci\u003erakugo \u003c\/i\u003eand breathes new life into it by shifting the format from spoken word to manga. Each of the eight stories in the collection is lifted from the Edo-era Japanese storytelling form. As Tatsumi notes in the afterword, the world of \u003ci\u003erakugo\u003c\/i\u003e, filled with mystery, emotion, revenge, hope, and, of course, love, overlaps perfectly with the world of \u003ci\u003eGekiga \u003c\/i\u003ethat he has spent the better part of his life developing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese slice-of-life stories resonate with modern readers thanks to their comedic elements and familiarity with human idiosyncrasies. In one, a father finds his son too bookish and arranges for two workers to take the young man to a brothel on the pretext of visiting a new shrine. In another particularly beloved \u003ci\u003erakugo \u003c\/i\u003etale, a married man falls in love with a prostitute. When his wife finds out, she is enraged and sets a curse on the other woman. The prostitute responds by cursing the wife, and the two escalate in a spiral of voodoo doll cursing. Soon both are dead, but even death can't extinguish their jealousy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTatsumi's love of wordplay shines through in the telling of these whimsical stories, and yet he still offers timeless insight into human nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50261364736273,"sku":"GOR008450610","price":13.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51831068557585,"sku":"CIN1770460748G","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1770460748.jpg?v=1751344692","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/fallen-words-book-yoshihiro-tatsumi-9781770460744","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}