The Ice Wanderer

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Paperback, 240 pages

English language

Published Jan. 3, 2010 by Ponent Mon.

ISBN:
978-84-96427-33-4
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OCLC Number:
71348120

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2 stars (1 review)

Lost in the Great North, two men are saved by the appearance of an old hunter who divulges a strange legend to them...surrounded by hungry wolves and fighting for their survival, two explorers head for Alaska to bury their companion...1920's Japan and a man sets out to find the bear that killed his son...a marine biologist begins a quest to find the mythical graveyard of whales. Through tales filled with respect for animal life this splendid collection - which lies at the crossroads of poetry and adventure - shows master story-imager Taniguchi at his award winning best.

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2 stars

A collection of short stories by Jiro Taniguchi, the art is top notch (as is to be expected) although I found the subject matter to be even more regressive then usual. Taniguchi's fixation on old people taking themselves out to the wilderness to die is disturbing, racist in the way it was initially applied to Inuit people and then whales. It's really a shame since Taniguchi is not only so technically skilled, but also so effective at creating such delicious emotions.

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