{"product_id":"the-man-without-talent-yoshiharu-tsuge-9781681374437","title":"The Man Without Talent","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Japanese manga legend's autobiographical graphic novel about a struggling artist and the first full-length work by the great Yoshiharu Tsuge available in the English language.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYoshiharu Tsuge is one of comics' most celebrated and influential artists, but his work has been almost entirely unavailable to English-speaking audiences. \u003ci\u003eThe Man Without Talent\u003c\/i\u003e, his first book ever to be translated into English, is an unforgiving self-portrait of frustration. Swearing off cartooning as a profession, Tsuge takes on a series of unconventional jobs -- used camera salesman, ferryman, and stone collector -- hoping to find success among the hucksters, speculators, and deadbeats he does business with. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstead, he fails again and again, unable to provide for his family, earning only their contempt and his own. The result is a dryly funny look at the pitfalls of the creative life, and an off-kilter portrait of modern Japan. Accompanied by an essay from translator Ryan Holmberg that discusses Tsuge's importance in comics and Japanese literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Without Talent\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the great works of comics literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yoshiharu Tsuge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681374439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681374437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2020 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/31\/2020","brand":"Yoshiharu Tsuge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050041012479,"sku":"9781681374437","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3df73b2-d5f2-4d0b-8d70-89efe5add9f9.jpg?v=1685004860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-man-without-talent-yoshiharu-tsuge-9781681374437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}