{"product_id":"a-drifting-life","title":"A Drifting Life","description":"The epic autobiography of a manga masterAcclaimed for his visionary short-story collections The Push Man and Other Stories, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, and Good-Bye—originally created nearly forty years ago, but just as resonant now as ever—the legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi has come to be recognized in North America as a precursor of today’s graphic novel movement. A Drifting Life is his monumental memoir eleven years in the making, beginning with his experiences as a child in Osaka, growing up as part of a country burdened by the shadows of World War II.Spanning fifteen years from August 1945 to June 1960, Tatsumi’s stand-in protagonist, Hiroshi, faces his father’s financial burdens and his parents’ failing marriage, his jealous brother’s deteriorating health, and the innumerable pitfalls that await him in the competitive manga market of mid-twentieth-century Japan. He dreams of following in the considerable footsteps of his idol, the manga artist Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Apollo’s Song, Ode to Kirihito, Buddha)—with whom Tatsumi eventually became a peer and, at times, a stylistic rival. As with his short-story collection, A Drifting Life is designed by Adrian Tomine.","brand":"Thryft Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":47634996953369,"sku":"PN6790.J33.T38 2009","price":29.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47634996986137,"sku":"PN6790.J33.T38 2009","price":25.42,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47634997018905,"sku":"PN6790.J33.T38 2009","price":21.6,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Well Read","offer_id":47634997051673,"sku":"PN6790.J33.T38 2009","price":18.36,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0110\/0598\/4849\/files\/4930396.jpg?v=1717694268","url":"https:\/\/thryft.sbs\/products\/a-drifting-life","provider":"Thryft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}