Laurent Galandon

Journey to Tomioka

Illustrator: Crouzat, Michaël / Übersetzer: Smith, Owen; Smith, Anne

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Produktbeschreibung

For fans of This Was Our Pact and Hayao Miyazaki films comes a breathtaking graphic novel about siblings who risk everything to return their grandmother's ashes to her home inside the Fukushima Exclusion Zone. Osamu hasn't been the same since that day. When the tsunami hit Fukushima prefecture, it killed his parents, destroyed his home, and triggered one of the world's worst nuclear disasters. Now, all Osamu has left is his grandmother, B¿-chan, and his big sister, Akiko. As he withdraws into his own world, he befriends friends y¿kai-spirits only he can see. Then, tragedy strikes again, and B¿-chan dies. Osamu and Akiko are determined to return her ashes to their family farm in Tomioka, a town within Fukushima's forbidden zone. There, the siblings will face dangerous radiation and y¿kai, both friendly and deadly-but they're willing to risk it all to make it home.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: First Second
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 191mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781250406712
• ISBN-10: 1250406714
• Artikelnr.: 74857507

Autorenporträt

Laurent Galandon has written several graphic novels that shed light on the lives of overlooked populations and individuals, from the exiled children of L'Envolée sauvage, to the Romani people of Quand souffle le vent, to the children of agricultural prison colonies in Innocents coupables, to the Jewish French Resistance fighters in Vivre à en mourir (published in English as The Red Poster). When Laurent focuses on these underserved communities, he always approaches his subject matter with great sensitivity.