Tuttle Publishing
Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — December 2011
Tokyo on foot; travels in the city's most colorful neighborhoods.
Chavouet, Florent.
Tuttle Publishing, ©2011 205 p. $22.95 DS896
9784805311370
In this first English edition of a graphic memoir of a young French graphic artist of his stay in Tokyo in 2006, Chavouet presents his sketches evidently inspired by Japanese cartoon styles, hand-drawn maps, and impressions of the sights, sounds, and cultural quirks of the neighborhoods of what he notes has been called "the most beautiful of ugly cities." The book was originally published in 2009 by Editions Philippe Picquier, and awarded a prize that year at the International Festival of Geography. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
