Manabeshima Island Japan: One Island, Two Months, One Minicar, Sixty Crabs, Eighty Bites and Fifty Shots...

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Florent Chavouet

Manabeshima Island Japan

One Island, Two Months, One Minicar, Sixty Crabs, Eighty Bites and Fifty Shots of Shochu

Florent Chavouet

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English

Tuttle Publishing
01 August 2023

Graphic novels: true stories & non-fiction; Humour; Walking, hiking, trekking; Travel & holiday; Travel & holiday guides

Series: Tuttle Specials

More than just a Japan travel guide, Manabeshima Island Japan paints a colorful and entertaining picture of a particular place and time in Japan.

Japan is made up of thousands of sacred islands, artificial islands, industrial islands, resort islands, wild islands and exploding islands...but artist Florent Chavouet had only ever visited two of them. This graphic novel is the story of one summer when he decides to get to know one more-the tiny island of Manabeshima. This speck of dirt in the Inland Sea, off the coast of Osaka, has a total population of 300, and he sets himself the task of recording everything and everyone he meets there in quirky detail on the pages of his sketchbook.

Whereas Chavouet's other best-selling book, Tokyo on Foot, focuses on the physical city, it is the local island inhabitants who form the heart of this new book. Chavouet's sensitive drawings and insightful captions create instant portraits of incredible literary depth.

The cast of characters who are lovingly depicted includes Ikkyu-san, owner of the island's only bar (and the bar's three regulars-skinny guy, Day-Glo cap guy and greasy-haired guy); the young Nakamura family and their five kids; the layabout Shimura-san, a living relic from the hippie 1970s; Kurata-san the policeman; Reizo-san the island intellectual in his elegant Meiji-era home; Rock the Neanderthal fisherman; and a chorus of assorted grandmothers and cats-all of whom welcome Chavouet into their community as a kindred soul.

Against a backdrop of fireworks, summer festivals, fishing expeditions, and the constant hum of the cicadas, Chavouet depicts these characters so vividly and sympathetically, and describes their rustic way of life in such simple and appealing terms that we find it as hard to finish the book as Chavouet found it to leave the island at the end of his enchanted summer holiday.

By: Florent Chavouet
Imprint: Tuttle Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 191mm,
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9780804857215
ISBN 10: 0804857210
Series: Tuttle Specials
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 01 August 2023
Recommended Age: From 9 to 12 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Florent Chavouet is a young graphic artist and author living in France. When he returned from Japan, he realized that all the observing and sketching he had done led to his evolution as an artist. This is his second book, following Tokyo on Foot

Reviews for Manabeshima Island Japan: One Island, Two Months, One Minicar, Sixty Crabs, Eighty Bites and Fifty Shots of Shochu

"""Florent Chavouet is no tour guide for those in search of overblown emotion and remarkable sites. His interests are the unknown, the anecdotal, those journeys that never cease to astonish and amuse."" --Liberation ""Open the book to any page in the middle of the book and you will find the most amazing, tiny details."" --Shanghai Daily ""A sumptuous book, as original in its format as in its content, Manabeshima Island Japan is even more accomplished than Tokyo on Foot."" --Zoo"