{"product_id":"heart-of-thomas-hardcover-by-moto-hagio","title":"Heart of Thomas Hardcover by Moto Hagio","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eFantagraphics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2013-01-18)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e528\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781606995518\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e1457.19\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e24.26 x 17.37 x 4.75\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA shojo classic in English for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe setting: A boys’ boarding school in Germany, sometime in the latter 20th Century. Fourteen year-old Thomas Werner falls from a lonely pedestrian overpass to his death immediately after sending a single, brief letter to a schoolmate:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTo Juli, one last time\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is my love\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is the sound of my heart\u003cbr\u003e\nSurely you must understand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThus begins the legendary and enigmatic \u003ci\u003eHeart of Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e, by Moto Hagio. Inspired by Jean Delannoy’s 1964 film, \u003ci\u003eLes Amitiés Particulières\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e was nearly cancelled early in its serialization, in 1974, until Hagio’s first trade paperback, \u003ci\u003eThe Poe Clan\u003c\/i\u003e, Volume 1, sold out in a single day, giving her new series a new lease on life. The result was a story more complex, less accessible, and yet so compelling it can be found near or at the top of any list of classic shojo manga. Translated by manga scholar Rachel Thorn and packaged with the same loving attention to detail as Hagio’s Eisner Award nominated \u003ci\u003eA Drunken Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most eagerly awaited manga translations of the decade.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoto Hagio\u003c\/b\u003e was born May 12, 1949, in Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture. She is one of a group of women born that year that broke into the male-dominated manga industry and pioneered the shojo (girls’) movement. Hagio’s \u003ci\u003eHeart of Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e, inspired by the 1964 film \u003ci\u003eA Special Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e, was one of the early entries in the shonen-ai (boys in love) subgenre. Her major works include \u003ci\u003eA Drunken Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA,A’\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThey Were Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOtherworld Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e. She’s won the Japanese Medal of Honor with the Purple Ribbon (the first woman comics creator to do so), received Japan’s SF Grand Prize, the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award Grand Prize, and an Inkpot Award, among other accolades. She lives in the Saitama Prefecture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Thorn\u003c\/b\u003e is from in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. She is a cultural anthropologist, writer, and an associate professor in the manga department at Kyoto Seika University. 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