1st ptg., 8vo, cloth-backed boards. The story of a boy on his own in post-war Tokyo as he becomes an apprentice to one of Japan's most famous cartoonists. Fine in lightly edgeworn, unclipped dj.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice

Publisher

Harper & Row, New York

Publication Date

1979

ISBN 10

0060252081

ISBN 13

9780060252083

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st ed.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Juvenile

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Synopsis

Thirteen-year-old Kiyoi, an apprentice to the famous cartoonist, Noro Shinpei, tries to develop his talent and become self-reliant, in this novel based upon the author's own boyhood in Japan. "A warm, sensitive portrait of growing up in post-war Japan." -- Booklist, starred review

Review

"The Caldecott Medalist draws on his boyhood in postwar Tokyo for this autobiographical novel about a talented boy's artistic education."

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Anne Hutchison
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