The Millennium Forest - Jiro Taniguchi

SKU: 9788885621213

Oblomov

In the late 1950s, a powerful earthquake devastates the pristine region of Tottori (a mountainous region of Japan and the author's homeland), causing the mysterious appearance of an ancient forest. However, the earthquake also uncovers an unknown mineral similar to uranium, the exploitation of which threatens the wilderness. The forest's fate is entrusted to Wataru Yamanobe, a quiet and attentive ten-year-old boy. Having moved here from the city, Wataru is deeply fascinated by these unfamiliar places and is disturbed when he feels he can "understand the voices of the animals and plants around him."
Unfortunately unfinished, The Millennium Forest is a true artistic testament: it contains all the elements dear to Taniguchi: childhood, nature, solitude, existential questions.
Enriched by a precious introduction with drawings by Vittorio Giardino, a careful reconstruction of the original editorial project and a series of previously unpublished plates, we like to think that this book is similar to how Jiro Taniguchi imagined it.

This is an Italian edition and contains some text.

Format: A4 size, 104 pages, hard cover