The Strange Tale of Panorama Island (2008)

Panorama Toukitan / パノラマ島綺譚

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  • Manga: The Strange Tale of Panorama Island
    • Japanese Panorama Toukitan
      Panorama Tōkitan
      パノラマ島綺譚
      Type: Manga
      Status: Completed
      Published: 25.01.2008
      Volumes / Chapters: 1 / 8
      Publisher: Enterbrain
      Mangaka: Author & Illustrator
      Adapted From: Novel
    • English The Strange Tale of Panorama Island
      Status: Completed
      Published: 01.07.2013
      Volumes / Chapters: 1 / 8
      Publisher: Last Gasp
    • Spanish La extraña historia de la Isla Panorama
      Status: Completed
      Published: 05.2009
      Volumes / Chapters: 1 / ?
    • Synonyms: Panorama Toukidan

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Set in 1920s Japan, The Strange Tale of Panorama Island follows the twisted path of failed novelist Hitomi, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the son of a rich industrialist. Learning of the rich man’s sudden passing, Hitomi undertakes a desperate plan to fake his own death and impersonate the industrialist. He successfully takes over all aspects of the dead man’s life, including his company, his fortune, and eventually his wife.

Hitomi redirects the family’s wealth to his own perverse aims, and builds for himself an island playground of hedonistic excess—replete with waterfalls, grand palaces, and gardens, and decadent feasts, orgies, and dark secrets.

Stunning artwork by master manga artist Suehiro Maruo deftly illustrates this Japanese pulp classic in lush detail. Maruo adapted this manga from a novella by Edogawa Rampo, the Godfather of Japanese detective fiction.
Texto de presentación:
Ranpo Edogawa, reconocido autor de novelas policíacas y gran admirador de Edgar Allan Poe, contó en una de sus obras la realización de una utopía personal, que ha sido adaptada ahora por el genial Suehiro Maruo. La obra narra hasta dónde es capaz de llegar un hombre para cumplir su sueño de construir su Edén particular en la tierra. El trazo limpio de Maruo, más preciosista, sensual y desbordante que nunca, contiene una avalancha de referencias y homenajes a pinrtores clásicos como El Bosco o Böcklin.
Texte du rabat :
Hirosuké Hitomi, écrivain raté, rêve de construire un étrange paradis terrestre qui s’inspirerait d’un conte d'Edgar Poe. Lorsqu’il apprend la mort de Komoda, riche homme d’affaires qui a la particularité de lui ressembler comme deux gouttes d’eau, il décide de le faire revenir à la vie en usurpant son identité. Il entreprend alors la construction de son paradis terrestre sur une île isolée. Mais le projet de Hitomi ressemble bientôt à une descente aux enfers...

Testo della bandella:

Un ricco imprenditore muore all’improvviso e Hitomi, uno scrittore fallito che gli somiglia in modo impressionante, ne prende il posto ingannando anche la moglie e i familiari del defunto. Con il patrimonio di cui si è impossessato, Hitomi prova a coronare il suo folle progetto utopico: costruire un vero e proprio Paradiso degli eccessi, su un’isola remota che diventa teatro di feste decadenti, orge e trame segrete... Raffinato e poetico, efferato e sognante: il ritorno di un autore di culto. Amatissimo in patria e all’estero, Suehiro Maruo è un maestro del manga giapponese erotico-grottesco. La sua cifra narrativa è una dimensione onirica inquietante, accompagnata da un disegno molto elegante e retrò, che si riallaccia alla tradizione artistica orientale. La strana storia dell’isola Panorama è l’adattamento di un racconto di Edogawa Ranpo, l’Edgar Allan Poe giapponese, vissuto nella prima metà del Novecento e considerato il padre fondatore del moderno romanzo giallo, gotico e fantastico del Sol Levante. Una storia dove Eros e Morte, piacere e dolore sono estremi che si toccano, come nell’Impero dei sensi di Nagisa Oshima.

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