Astisendo Grupo Editorial Los Evaporados Comic

Astisendo Grupo Editorial Los Evaporados Comic Blue . The Evaporated: A Graphic Novel Exploring Japan´s Disappearing PeopleIn Japan, when someone vanishes, it´s simply said they´ve evaporated.No one searches for them: neither the police, as no crime has been committed, nor the family, due to the shame it brings.One night, Kaze disappears without explanation. What could drive a model office worker like him to evaporate? His daughter, who has been living in France for years, boards a flight to Tokyo in search of her father.Young Franco-Japanese artist Isao Moutte adapts the novel by Thomas B. Reverdy, author of award-winning works like The Winter of Discontent, which tackles the surprising and fascinating topic of voluntary disappearances, a phenomenon affecting over 80.000 people in Japan each year.The evaporated, or Johatsu, choose to change their identities and vanish, often due to the shame of failure prevalent in Japanese society.Halfway between a Western graphic novel and an auteur manga, The Evaporated is a captivating sociological thriller rendered in stark black and white, with the Fukushima nuclear disaster as a backdrop.A fascinating glimpse into Japanese society.Praise for The Evaporated:* France Inter: In a sober thriller about the phenomenon of voluntary disappearances, Isao Moutte portrays a battered and lost Japan.* Livre Hebdo: A graphic novel as austere as it is mesmerizing.* BoDoï: A powerful and moving story that sheds light on a little-known aspect of Japanese society. tradeinn Techinn