Quartier lointain
Casterman · 2002–2003 · 2 issues
About the series
Jiro Taniguchi’s two-volume series for Casterman, Quartier lointain, follows a middle-aged man who, after a strange experience, finds himself transported back to his childhood in 1960s Japan. Trapped in his younger body with his adult memories intact, he must navigate the bittersweet chance to reconnect with his long-dead mother and revisit the pivotal events that shaped his life. This poignant, introspective work is a masterwork of the slice-of-life genre, celebrated for its gentle, realistic art and its profound meditation on memory, regret, and the unchangeable past.
