A Distant NeighbourhoodVol 1
By Jiro Taniguchi
2009
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A Distant NeighbourhoodVol 2
By Jiro Taniguchi
2009
Available now from Islington Libraries
You can reserve this item for free here:
http://www.library.islington.gov.uk/TalisPrism/
Who hasn't ever wished that they could be young again? A second chance to get things right, correct the things that you felt went wrong before and maybe just sit around and luxuriate in the subtle slow pleasures of childhood. Hiroshi Nakahara is a typical stressed out 48 year old businessman with a wife and two daughters and about to have a very curious adventure. Based on the body-swap idea that was big in the 80s with films like Big, Freaky Friday, Vice Versa, 18 Again, Like Father Like Son etc - but more relaxed, meditative and with loftier aspirations A Distant Neighbourhood is a very pleasurable read. With artwork that is sharply detailed, acute and finely renders everything from facial expressions and body movement from the backgrounds and architecture. The premise might be slightly cheesy - but Taniguchi does things with it that you wouldn't expect and keeps you guessing all the way until the end. There's not much crazy screwball humour - it aims for somewhere slightly deeper, more touching and finely tuned: the kind of story that makes you feel relaxed as you read it.
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Further reading: Domu, I Kill Giants, Solanin.
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