The Man Without Talent
The Man Without Talent is an unforgiving self-portrait of frustration. Swearing off cartooning as a profession, Tsuge takes on a series of unconventional jobs—used-camera salesman, ferryman, stone collector—hoping to find success among the hucksters, speculators, and deadbeats he does business with. Instead, he fails again and again, unable to provide for his family, earning only their contempt and his own. The result is a dryly funny look at the pitfalls of the creative life, and an off-kilter portrait of modern Japan.
(Source: New York Review Books)
(Source: New York Review Books)
Details
Format
MangaSource
OriginalRomaji
Munou no HitoNative
無能の人Country
JPStatus
FinishedStart Date
Saturday, June 1, 1985End Date
Monday, December 1, 1986Synonyms
Der nutzlose Mann
L'homme sans talent
L'uomo senza talento
O Homem Sem Talento
Čovek bez talenta
L'homme sans talent
L'uomo senza talento
O Homem Sem Talento
Čovek bez talenta
Tags
Seinen
79%
Autobiographical
73%
Philosophy
20%
Male Protagonist
20%
Rural
20%
Primarily Adult Cast
20%