AKIRA MIZUBAYASHI The Forest of Flames and Shadows (Gallimard)
Through a particularly moving story, Akira Mizubayashi continues to explore his familiar themes: the disaster of war-mongering nationalism; art, the essential recourse against man?s folly
the disaster of war-mongering nationalism; art, the essential recourse against human folly.
Tokyo, December 1944. Hired at a postal sorting office, Ren Mizuki meets two other students who share his passion for European art and culture: Yuki, who will become his companion, also a painter, and Bin, a violinist destined for an international career, who will forever remain his chosen brother.
In 1945, Ren is called up to Manchuria to face the hell of the fighting. Disfigured and mutilated, he returns home convinced that he will never be able to hold a paintbrush again
a paintbrush again. Will Yuki?s love be able to reverse his destiny?
Through a particularly moving story, Akira Mizubayashi continues to explore his familiar themes: the disaster of war-mongering nationalism; art, the essential recourse against man?s folly
the disaster of war-mongering nationalism; art, the essential recourse against human folly.
Tokyo, December 1944. Hired at a postal sorting office, Ren Mizuki meets two other students who share his passion for European art and culture: Yuki, who will become his companion, also a painter, and Bin, a violinist destined for an international career, who will forever remain his chosen brother.
In 1945, Ren is called up to Manchuria to face the hell of the fighting. Disfigured and mutilated, he returns home convinced that he will never be able to hold a paintbrush again
a paintbrush again. Will Yuki?s love be able to reverse his destiny?
