Nijigahara Holograph
Nijigahara Holograph
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Nijigahara Holograph by Matt Thorn
Fantagraphics is proud to welcome the great Inio Asano (Solanin, What a Wonderful World ) to its acclaimed literary manga line. Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumor of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school spreads among the children. When the body of Arie Kimura s mother is found by this tunnel s entrance, next to apparently human traces, the legend seems to be confirmed. Is the end of the world coming? In order to appease the wrath of the beast, the children decide to offer it a sacrifice: The unfortunate Arie, whom they believe to be the cause of the curse, is shoved into a well that leads to the Nijigahara tunnel an act that in turns pushes Komatsuzaki, the budding thug who has carried a torch for Arie for a while already, entirely over the edge. But this is only the beginning of the complex, challenging, obliquely told Nijigahara Holograph, which takes place in two separate timelines and involves the suicidal Suzuki; Higure, his stalkerish would-be girlfriend; and their teacher Miss Sakaki, whose heavily bandaged face remains a mystery; and many more brothers, sisters, parents, co-workers, teachers, aggressors and victims who are all inextricably linked to one another and all will eventually ten years later have to live with what they ve done or suffered through.Inio Asano, a true earthling, was born in 1980 in Ibaraki, Japan. His short story Uchu kara Konnichiwa (Hello from Outer Space) was awarded the first Sunday GX Rookie Award in 2001. GX later released his series Subarashii Sekai, which is now accessible in English via VIZ Media under the title What a Beautiful World!
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781606995839 |
| ISBN 10 | 1606995839 |
| Title | Nijigahara Holograph |
| Author | Matt Thorn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Fantagraphics |
| Year published | 2014-05-06 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |