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The Book of Human Insects

By Osamu Tezuka

The Book of Human Insects Manga

The Book of Human Insects

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Toshiko Tomura is a genius; the darling of the intelligentsia. A modern-day Michelangelo, this twenty year-old is already an established international stage actress, an up-and-coming architect, and the next recipient of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize as Japan's best new writer. Her actions make headlines in the papers, and inspire radio and television programming. And like many great talents, her troubled past is what motivates her to greatness. She has the amazing ability to emulate the talents of others. Toshiko is also the mastermind behind a series of murders. The ultimate mimic, she has plagiarized, blackmailed, stolen and replicated the works of scores of talents. And now as her star is rising within the world of the elites and powerful she has amassed a long list of enemies frustrated by the fact that she has built critical and financial acclaim for nothing more than copying others' work. Neglected as a child, she is challenging the concepts of gender inequality while unleashing her loneliness upon the world as she climbs the social ladder one body at a time. One of Osamu Tezuka's most wicked tales, The Book of Human Insects renders the 70's as a brutal and often polarizing bug-eat-bug world, where only those willing to sell their soul to the masses and become something less than human are capable of achieving their wildest dreams
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
2012-12-04
Publication Date:
2012-12-04
Publisher:
Kodansha
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1935654772
ISBN13:
9781935654773
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
16
Weight:
456 g
Height:
151 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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