Hayashi, Seiichi
Red Colored Elegy
- ISBN 13:
- 9781770462120
- author:
- Hayashi, Seiichi
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Drawn and Quarterly
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 159mm X 216mm
- Genre:
- 21.34 x 15.75 x 2.54 centimetres, Fiction & Literature, Comics & Graphics, Literary,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Red Colored Elegy is a poignant and introspective work of comics that charts the turbulent relationship between two young artists. Written by Seiichi Hayashi in the early 1970s, this influential and experimental piece explores the complexities of love, passion, and creative struggle. With sparse line work and visual codes borrowed from animation and film, Hayashi captures the quiet lives of a young couple struggling to make ends meet, their days spent drinking, smoking, daydreaming, and sleeping together and apart. Published in the aftermath of a decade marked by cultural and political upheaval, Red Colored Elegy reflects the underground Japanese comics of the time, as well as the French New Wave. This new paperback edition features an essay on the work and its significance in contemporary Japanese comics, shedding new light on Hayashi's contributions to the medium. A cornerstone of the Japanese underground scene, Red Colored Elegy has had a lasting impact on the world of comics, influencing generations of artists and writers. This new edition offers a unique opportunity to experience this groundbreaking work, now available in paperback.
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