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“1974 gekiga stories by Masahiko Matsumoto: quiet urban dramas of shy heroes facing life's pressures with whimsical lightness.”

Cigarette Girl

たばこ屋の娘松本正彦短編集

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11 chapters · 1 volumes · 1972 - 1974 · Manga

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1974 gekiga stories by Masahiko Matsumoto: quiet urban dramas of shy heroes facing life's pressures with whimsical lightness.

Welcome to the quiet, evocative urban dramas of Masahiko Matsumoto, one of the leading lights of the Japanese alternative-comics movement known as "gekiga." Originally published in 1974, these eleven stories now form the first English-language collection of Matsumoto's mature work. His shy, uncertain heroes face broken hearts, changing families, money troubles, sexual anxiety, and the pressures of tradition, but with a whimsy and lightness of touch that is Matsumoto's trademark. (Source: Top Shelf)