I picked this one up on impulse at the library, not knowing it was part of the 'Sandman' series. It reads much like the Chinese / Asian fables which I used to read when I was younger -- replete with magic, mysticism and fantasy. It's an illustrated work, though not a graphic novel, per se. The tone ...
Firstly, this is a very beautiful book thanks to Yoshitaka Amano's extraordinary paintings and the careful overall design. The telling is elegant.Secondly, the story is problematic for me. The onmyoji who is seduced by the vengeful lover slaughters his entire household; he is not the only one who su...
Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano? One of my favourite authors together! Sandman and Asian folklore? All the more reasons for me to asked this as a present for Christmas, many years ago.It's appealing also to people that usually aren't in such stuff, thanks to Gaiman's writing, I think. Yoshitaka Aman...
It would be unfair to finish this one in one sitting even if it is rather short. Better to read before you go to bed and let this fairy-tale and these images form the portal into your own dreams.This is a story of a Buddhist monk and a fox and the dream they dream together. Parts of it reminded me o...
This is more of an illustrated story than a graphic novel. Amano's artwork and the Japanese aesthetic rein in Gaiman's excessive tendency to throw in the kitchen sink, in this telling, retelling actually, of the story of the fox and the monk. The story is wonderful and the artwork even more so. ...
This was a great novella to read. What a story and most important and beautiful... the drawings. Simply magnific. I really love them. Amano is one of my favourite artists being a reader of Vampire Hunter D and having a couple of Art books by him.Everyone knows The Sandman right? So I am not going to...
I don't feel like I should be reviewing this, because I read this on the couch half-asleep before I fell into napping, the book slipping from my loosening thumb. Perfect in a way. It felt familiar all the way through, and when I hit the end notes, I figured why: this is a repackaging of [b:The Sandm...
I particularly loved the Japanese-inspired art and mythology. So pretty. It would be easy to believe that somehow the Sandman mythos could be part of Japanese mythological history. It feels real.Library copy
In this graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Yoshitako Amano’s illustrated novella, the spirit of Japanese myth lives on and intersects with Gaiman’s popular Sandman series. A fox accepts a wager from a badger to trick a young monk out of his temple home. Although the fox tries to lure him aw...
Beautiful japanese style fairy story, with gorgeous and evocative illustrations. The story is written entirely by Gaiman, but with a partially tongue-in-cheek narrative that leads the reader to believe it's an adaptation of an ancient story. Well, you could have fooled me. I have a fascination with ...
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