Guardians of the Louvre / Jirô Taniguchi ; translated from the Japanese by Kumar Sivasubramanian
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Edition: Junior Library Guild editionDescription: 132 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, 30 cmISBN: 1681120348; 9781681120348; 9781681120645; 168112064XUniform titles: Sennen no tsubasa hyakunen no yume. English Subject(s): Musée du Louvre -- Comic books, strips, etc | Art -- France -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc | Painters -- Comic books, strips, etc | Artists -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc | Japanese -- France -- Paris -- Comic books, strips, etc | Fever -- Comic books, strips, etc | Hallucinations and illusions -- Comic books, strips, etc | Paris (France) -- Comic books, strips, etcGenre/Form: Fantasy comics. | Historical comics. | Comics (Graphic works) | Graphic novels. | Comic books, strips, etc. | Comics (Graphic works) | Fantasy comics. | Graphic novels. | Historical comics. | History. LOC classification: PN6790.J34 | S4613 2016Summary: "...After a group trip to Europe, a Japanese artist stops in Paris alone, intent on visiting the museums of the capital. But, bedridden in his hotel room with fever, he faces the absolute solitude of one suffering in a foreign land, deprived of any immediate or familiar recourse. When the fever breaks somewhat, he sets out on his visit and promptly gets lost in the crowded halls of the Louvre. Very soon, he discovers many unsuspected facets to this world in a museum in a journey oscillating between feverish hallucinations and reality, actually able to speak with famous painters from various periods of history, led to crossroads between human and personal history by...the Guardians of the Louvre"--Cover
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Original title: Sennen no tsubasa hyakunen no yume
"...After a group trip to Europe, a Japanese artist stops in Paris alone, intent on visiting the museums of the capital. But, bedridden in his hotel room with fever, he faces the absolute solitude of one suffering in a foreign land, deprived of any immediate or familiar recourse. When the fever breaks somewhat, he sets out on his visit and promptly gets lost in the crowded halls of the Louvre. Very soon, he discovers many unsuspected facets to this world in a museum in a journey oscillating between feverish hallucinations and reality, actually able to speak with famous painters from various periods of history, led to crossroads between human and personal history by...the Guardians of the Louvre"--Cover
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