Spanning four decades, A Drunken Dream and Other Stories is a selection of groundbreaking short stories written and drawn by one most influential comics creators in the world.
Moto Hagio helped reinvent and bring critical acclaim to shojo (aimed at 10-18-year-old girls) manga in the 1970s and beyond. A Drunken Dream and Other Stories collects short comics stories originally published in monthly magazines.
It begins with
- 1970’s “Bianca”
- and ends with 2007’s “The Willow Tree.”
- In between is “Marié, Ten Years Later” (1977), in which two friends destroy their perfect romantic and creative harmony.
Also:
- The haunting “The Child Who Comes Home” (1998)
- “Autumn Journey” (1971)
- “Girl on Porch With Puppy” (1971)
- “Angel Mimic” (1984)
- and the conjoined twin tragedy "Hanshin: Half-God” (1984).
- In the titular title story, “A Drunken Dream” (1980), two scientists, one a priest, meet on a space station orbiting Io. But they have met before and are destined to meet again.
- In “Iguana Girl” (1991), a child appears to her mother and herself as a hideous anthropoid iguana who will never be able to fit into the human world…but her mother has a secret.
Manga scholar and translator Rachel Thorn also interviews Hagio, who discusses her art, her career, and her life with wit and candor. Lauded in Japan, she has an international following ― her work has been adapted into anime, television, theater, audio dramas, and more ― and appeals to readers across generations.
Illustrated throughout; including 16 pages of full color; 16 pages of two-color
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