Product Description

Narrator or character? Reality or fiction? In this tender work of cinema, Boilet recounts an intimate love story in today's Tôkyô between an everyday Japanese girl, Yukiko, and her occidental lover. Passionate, gentle, fresh and vibrant, it is a love so strong it hurts. Quietly paced, the story unfolds in a host of innovative techniques both narrative and visual. At the heart of the title is Boilet's deliberate (mis)use of the pronounced Japanese for [i]navel[/i] and [i]spinach[/i]. First serialized in 2000 - 2001 in the monthly Furansugo Kaiwa it is the defining work of Boilet's [i]Nouvelle Manga[/i] movement.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #435767 in Books
• Published on: 2010-01-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .43" h x 6.80" w x 9.38" l, 1.00 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
Frédéric Boilet was born in 1960 at Épinal on the Moselle River in eastern France. He debuted in comics in 1983 and went on to write several titles with Beno"t Peeters. In 1993 he won a Kodansha grant and moved to Japan. In 2001 he organized the [i]Nouvelle Manga[/i] event in Tôkyô fusing Japanese and European comics. He continues to live and work in Japan.