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Buddha, Volume 8: Jetavana (Buddha)
by Osamu Tezuka
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Vertical (2005-12)
ISBN: 1932234500
EAN: 9781932234503
Dewy Decimal #: 741.5
Hardcover: 400 pages
Release Date: 2005-12-01
SKU: 080211163
Condition: Very Good
Comments: 1932234500 New, never read. Has scuff marks on cover and may be missing the color wrapper. Other hardcover Buddha books available. New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Osamu Tezuka’s vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his eight-volume epic of Siddhartha’s life and times. Tezuka evidences his profound grasp of the subject by contextualizing the Buddha’s ideas; the emphasis is on movement, action, emotion, and conflict as the prince Siddhartha runs away from home, travels across India, and questions Hindu practices such as ascetic self-mutilation and caste oppression. Rather than recommend resignation and impassivity, Tezuka’s Buddha predicates enlightenment upon recognizing the interconnectedness of life, having compassion for the suffering, and ordering one’s life sensibly. Philosophical segments are threaded into interpersonal situations with ground-breaking visual dynamism by an artist who makes sure never to lose his readers’ attention.
Tezuka himself was a humanist rather than a Buddhist, and his magnum opus is not an attempt at propaganda. Hermann Hesse’s novel or Bertolucci’s film is comparable in this regard; in fact, Tezuka’s approach is slightly irreverent in that it incorporates something that Western commentators often eschew, namely, humor.
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Customer Reviews
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Buddha's Life Explained in Japanese Manga style
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-01-10
This is the last of the 8-volume "Buddha" series. This graphical biography of a religious leader is great and understandable in the Japanese manga style. There is also scenes of non-sequitar humor injected by the artist as "comic relief". Readers of all ages will love all 8 volumes.
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