Ayako by Osamu Tezuka
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A somber, sober narrative of the lives and times of the Tenge family in post-war Japan. The Tenge, rich landowners of Yodoyama prefecture, are vile in every sense of the word; their vices and moral frailties run the gamut from lechery, treason and greed, to submissiveness, abyection and indolence. Here are Tezuka’s best natural landscapes, rivaling those found in Buddha. Background work is outstanding. Characterization is immaculate and facial studies on point. I have filed this book as Japanese literature, and sure enough this manga rivals and surpasses, in execution and scope, much of the literary production of its time. Urgently recommended.
¿Alguien me regala un esqueje de pitahaya, pli? Lo cambio por un libro.