Ayako

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Questa epica saga segue il viaggio di un uomo che torna dalla prigionia di guerra nel Giappone occupato. Il suo ritorno a casa è oscurato dalla scoperta di una misteriosa sorella, la cui vita sembra maledetta. La narrazione si addentra nelle profondità della sofferenza umana, del trauma nazionale e dei complessi legami familiari durante un'epoca turbolenta del dopoguerra. Offre un'esplorazione avvincente del sacrificio personale e della ricerca di significato in mezzo a circostanze travolgenti.

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Ayako

Osamu Tezuka

704pagine
25 ore di lettura

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Overflowing with imagery of the cold war seen through Japan’s eyes, Ayako is firmly set in realism taking inspiration from a number of historical events that occurred over the American occupation and the cultural-revolution which soon followed. Believed to be Tezuka’s answer to the gekiga (dramatic comics) movement of the 60’s, Ayako should be considered one of the better early examples of a seinen (young adult) narrative to be published. Initially set in the aftermath of World War II, Ayako focuses its attention on the Tenge clan, a once powerful family of landowners living in a rural community in northern Japan. From the moment readers are introduced to the extended family, it is apparent that the war and American occupation have begun to erode the fabric that binds them all together. The increasing influence of political, economic and social change begins to tear into the many Tenge siblings, while a strange marriage agreement creates resentment between the eldest son and his sire. And when the family seems to have completely fallen apart, they decide to turn their collective rage on what they believe to be the source of their troubles—the newest member of the Tenge family, the youngest sister Ayako.