A Drifting Life

A single, monumental volume from Drawn & Quarterly, A Drifting Life collects Yoshihiro Tatsumi's acclaimed autobiographical manga, originally serialized in Japan. Spanning the post-war era of the 1950s and 1960s, it follows a young Tatsumi as he navigates his artistic ambition and personal struggles while helping to pioneer the gritty gekiga style of storytelling. This English-language edition brings a landmark work of comics history to a new audience, offering an intimate, unflinching portrait of an artist coming of age in a rapidly changing Japan.