{"product_id":"the-man-without-talent-paperback","title":"The Man Without Talent - Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Japanese manga legend's autobiographical graphic novel about a struggling artist and the first full-length work by the great Yoshiharu Tsuge available in the English language.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYoshiharu Tsuge is one of comics' most celebrated and influential artists, but his work has been almost entirely unavailable to English-speaking audiences. \u003ci\u003eThe Man Without Talent\u003c\/i\u003e, his first book ever to be translated into English, is an unforgiving self-portrait of frustration. Swearing off cartooning as a profession, Tsuge takes on a series of unconventional jobs -- used camera salesman, ferryman, and stone collector -- hoping to find success among the hucksters, speculators, and deadbeats he does business with. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstead, he fails again and again, unable to provide for his family, earning only their contempt and his own. The result is a dryly funny look at the pitfalls of the creative life, and an off-kilter portrait of modern Japan. Accompanied by an essay from translator Ryan Holmberg that discusses Tsuge's importance in comics and Japanese literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Without Talent\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the great works of comics literature.","brand":"New York Review Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48734508581081,"sku":"9781681374437","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3121\/5065\/files\/9781681374437.jpg?v=1779407556","url":"https:\/\/www.blacknectarbooks.com\/products\/the-man-without-talent-paperback","provider":"blacknectar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}