Guardians of the Louvre
138 pages
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Guardians of the Louvre
Résumé de l'éditeur NBM ComicsLit
Acclaimed manga artist Jiro Taniguchi provides the latest entry in the Louvre collection of graphic novels. After a group trip to Europe, a Japanese artist stops in Paris alone, intent on visiting...
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I expected a comic for children, with some kind of warriors that protect the Louvre museum or something. Instead, it's the story of a Japanese man, that went to Paris wanting to visit some museums. But, bedridden by a sudden fever, he's forced to cramp up his program to the last three days. Deciding to visit just the Louvre, which is too big for just a few days, he's immediately bothered by the flood of tourists that fill the queues and the galleries, diminishing the true value of what is...
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Jirō Taniguchi was probably the most Western-orientated of all the Japanese mangaka. His field of predilection was intimate accounts of beauty and inner feelings. “If my manga have something Asian, it is perhaps because I try to render as close as possible to the daily reality of the characters' feelings. If one penetrates in depth, a story can appear even in the smallest and most unremarkable events of everyday life. It is from these tiny moments that I create my manga. ». In the Guardians of...
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