{"id":1719,"date":"2009-04-06T21:15:30","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T01:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2015-08-17T09:59:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T13:59:25","slug":"a-drifting-life-by-tatsumi-yoshihiro-edited-and-designed-by-adrian-tomine-translated-by-taro-nettleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/a-drifting-life-by-tatsumi-yoshihiro-edited-and-designed-by-adrian-tomine-translated-by-taro-nettleton\/","title":{"rendered":"A Drifting Life by Tatsumi Yoshihiro, edited and designed by Adrian Tomine, translated by Taro Nettleton [in Bloomsbury Review]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/04\/Drifting-LIfe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29779\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/04\/Drifting-LIfe.jpg\" alt=\"Drifting LIfe\" width=\"1285\" height=\"1723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/04\/Drifting-LIfe.jpg 1285w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/04\/Drifting-LIfe-596x800.jpg 596w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/04\/Drifting-LIfe-800x1072.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1285px) 100vw, 1285px\" \/><\/a>This 850-plus page autobiographical epic is truly a portrait of an artist as a young man, done manga style. 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