{"product_id":"oba-electroplating-factory","title":"Oba Electroplating Factory","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn alt-manga legend strikes out on his own, creating some of his most revealing and personal works. Oba Electroplating Factory is a startlingly bleak but nonetheless captivating portrait of mid-century Japan in its most unglamorous iteration. Glimpses of the artist reflecting upon his life, his work, and his contemporaries pepper the narrative landscape: a wife teases her husband about a former fling on a trip to the hot springs, a young cartoonist is aghast at the cavalier conduct of his supposed betters, and imperfect men must grapple with the discomfort of their own honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTsuge s stories are studies in staging nature, working to evoke stillness and movement in such a way that renders his chosen setting a character all on its own. Following the breakthrough success of Nejishiki, Yoshiharu Tsuge forges a path for autofiction in manga and changes the cultural landscape of comics forever. Some of his most revealing and personal works were published between 1973 to 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs much as it is a testament to the author s predilection for addressing sensitive and mature themes in response to his culture, this volume also collects works from the only period in which Tsuge tries his hand at writing for a mainstream audience in earnest. This fourth volume in the complete works of a legendary manga-ka is an indispensable addition to the literary comics canon and shining example of world literature at its most human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yoshiharu Tsuge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55460021797205,"sku":"9781770466791","price":20.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1043\/2295\/7653\/files\/9781770466791.jpg?v=1792567799","url":"https:\/\/checkout.tsundokuclub.co.uk\/products\/oba-electroplating-factory","provider":"Tsundoku Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}