{"product_id":"the-sky-is-blue-with-kuniko-tsurita-9781770463981","title":"The Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe work of a visionary and iconoclastic feminist cartoonist--available in English for the first time\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud\u003c\/i\u003e collects the best short stories from Kuniko Tsurita's remarkable career. While the works of her male peers in literary manga are widely reprinted, this formally ambitious and poetic female voice is like none other currently available to an English readership. A master of the comics form, expert pacing and compositions combined with bold characters are signature qualities of Tsurita's work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTsurita's early stories \"Nonsense\" and \"Anti\" provide a unique, intimate perspective on the bohemian culture and political heat of late 1960s and early '70s Tokyo. Her work gradually became darker and more surreal under the influence of modern French literature and her own prematurely failing health. As in works like \"The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud\" and \"Max,\" the gender of many of Tsurita's strong and sensual protagonists is ambiguous, marking an early exploration of gender fluidity. Late stories like Arctic Cold and Flight show the artist experimenting with more conventional narrative modes, though with dystopian themes that extend the philosophical interests of her early work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn exciting and essential gekiga collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud\u003c\/i\u003e is translated by the comics scholar Ryan Holmberg and includes an afterword cowritten by Holmberg and manga editor Mitsuhiro Asakawa delineating Tsurita's importance and historical relevance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kuniko Tsurita\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770463984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770463981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2020 pg. 56","brand":"Kuniko Tsurita","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049691640063,"sku":"9781770463981","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c0bc364-628b-42a5-9a17-c3296510900e.jpg?v=1685002938","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sky-is-blue-with-kuniko-tsurita-9781770463981","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}