山本美希：一个聪明勇敢的孩子（第24届日本媒体艺术节漫画部杰出奖得主） A Smart and Courageous

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 176 pages, full color

Publisher:Tokyopop Press Inc

Imprint:Tokyopop Press Inc

ISBN:9781427877192

Published:31 Aug 2024

Dimensions:208 x 147 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

荣获 2020 年日本媒体艺术节第 24 届漫画部门杰出奖

每对年轻夫妇都对未出生的孩子寄予厚望，萨拉和高野幸太也不例外。但就在临产前几天，萨拉得知了塔利班暗杀马拉拉·优素福扎伊的悲剧，她对未来纯真无邪的信念动摇了。如果这样一个聪明勇敢的孩子会受到如此严重的伤害，她又如何能保护自己的孩子呢？萨拉现在处于震惊状态，这对年轻夫妇能否弥合他们之间日益扩大的鸿沟，还是会让他们的家庭分崩离析？

通过一位多年来一直描绘这些女性及其生活的作家的眼睛，我们看到了这个世界的现实。

“山本美纪的《一个聪明勇敢的孩子》是一部将内心全部展现在纸面上的故事，概括了初为父母的几乎无法承受的希望和焦虑。毫不夸张地说，这部漫画让我哭了，让我回想起了我自己的孩子出生前的那段脆弱时光。《一个聪明勇敢的孩子》用简单的插图讲述了一个普遍的故事，对任何父母来说都是真实的、有共鸣的。它只用黑色、红色、黄色和灰蓝色的彩色铅笔绘制，捕捉了一个柔和的雪球世界——新父母所处的奇怪的边缘空间，似乎与其他一切都隔绝了。” — Lauren Orsini，动漫新闻网

“也许只是时机问题，但这本书最终成为了一本在黑暗时期读来令人欣慰的书，我希望有足够多的人读它。不仅因为它是一本好书。不仅因为希望它能使更多山本美希的作品被翻译。但因为我觉得这是我们现在需要的一本书，它提醒我们，除了厄运滚动之外，生活也是值得的，它以人性化的方式提醒我们这一点。” — Kevin T. Rodriguez，Fandom Post

“这种风格选择有助于让《一个聪明勇敢的孩子》成为一本温暖的读物，其中相互信任和关爱被视为解决充斥着坏消息和怀疑论的世界问题的潜在解决方案。[...] 看似简单却强大而动人，《一个聪明勇敢的孩子》在获得 2020 年日本媒体艺术节第 24 届漫画部门杰出奖后，确实值得如此受欢迎，该奖项的委托方注意到，山本美希温柔的视觉效果背后隐藏着急需的变革呼吁。向善良和适应性是恐怖解药的时代转变。” — Giovanni Stigliano，亚洲电影脉搏

“如果你曾经对无法控制的事情感到焦虑，你就会同情 Sara，她无法应对这些不知从何而来的新恐惧，她无法控制自己。这幅画看似简单，用彩色铅笔之类的东西营造出一种图画书的感觉，当然，正如一个角色所说，这不仅是为孩子准备的，也是为父母准备的。” — Rebecca Silverman，动漫新闻网

“这本书巧妙地捕捉到了当今人们的焦虑。萨拉体现了一位准妈妈的喜悦期待，直到一个国际新闻的曝光，扩大了她在信息泛滥的世界中希望和恐惧的清单。现代观众可以理解她对时代的不信任，萨拉的痛苦具有普遍的共鸣。这件作品运用了许多技巧来表达其意图，但仍然易于理解。彩色铅笔让故事栩栩如生，在不同的时间注入了动荡和温暖。通过一份规模虽小但引人注目的旧作，这位艺术家在行业中占据了独特的地位。智慧和勇敢意味着什么？我们如何抵制和扭转世界的残酷？艺术家探究了这个深不可测的问题，并给出了强有力的回答。” — Kazuko Kawahara，日本媒体艺术节

Winner of the 24th Manga Division Excellence Award at the 2020 Japan Media Arts Festival

Every young couple has high hopes for their unborn baby, and Sara and Kouta Takano are no different. But only days away from giving birth, Sara learns about the tragedy of Malala Yousafzai's attempted assassination at the hands of the Taliban, and her pure and innocent belief in the future is shaken. If such a smart and courageous baby can be hurt so badly by the world, how can she keep her own baby safe? With Sara now in a state of shock, will the young couple be able to bridge the widening gap between them, or will it tear their family apart?

The reality of this world, as seen through the eyes of an author that has spent years illustrating the women and their lives.

"A story that exposes its whole heart on the page, Miki Yamamoto's bookperfectly encapsulates the nearly unbearable hope and angst of being a new, expectant parent. It is no exaggeration to say this comic made me cry with recognition and remembrance of this fragile time before my own babies' births. Raw and relatable to any parent, ituses simplistic illustrations to tell a universal story. Drawn only with black, red, yellow, and slate-blue colored pencils, it captures a muted snow globe of a world—the strange liminal space that new parents occupy, seemingly insulated from everything else." — Lauren Orsini, Anime News Network

"It may just be the timing, but this ended up being a very comforting book to read in a dark time, and I hope that enough people read it. Not only because its a great book. Not only because hopefully it will result in more of Miki Yamamoto’s works being translated. But because I feel this is a book we need right now, to remind us that life is worth living outside of the doomscrolling, and it reminds us of this in the most human way possible." — Kevin T. Rodriguez, Fandom Post

"Such stylistic choice contributes to making it a heartwarming reading, where mutual trust and care are presented as a potential solution to the issue of a world saturated with bad news and skepticism. [...] Powerful and moving in its apparent simplicity, it sure deserves the popularity enjoyed upon receiving the 24th Manga Division Excellence Award at the 2020 Japan Media Arts Festival, whose commission did not fail to notice how behind Miki Yamamoto’s gentle visuals lies a much-needed call for change. A change towards an age where kindness and adaptability are the antidote to horror." — Giovanni Stigliano, Asian Movie Pulse

"If you've ever felt any anxiety about something you can't control, you will empathize with Sara and how she can't cope with these new fears that have sprung up out of what feels like nowhere, the loss of control that she can't help but feel. The art is deceptively simple, using what looks like colored pencils to create a sense of a picture book, which of course, as one character says, is for not just youngsters, but parents as well." — Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network

"This book brilliantly captures the anxieties held by people of today. Sara embodies the joyful anticipation of a mother-to-be, until an international story breaks and expands her list of hopes and fears in the information-flooded world. A modern audience can relate to her distrust in the times, and Sara’s anguish is universal in its resonance. The work devotes numerous techniques to express its intentions but remains accessible. Colored pencils bring the story to life, at different times injecting turbulence and warmth. Through a small but striking backlist, the artist has secured a singular presence in the industry. What does it mean to be wise and brave? How do we resist and reverse the cruelties of the world? The artist plumbs this fathomless question and offers a powerful response." — Kazuko Kawahara, Japan Media Arts Festival

作者简介

山本美希是漫画家，筑波大学艺术设计学院助理教授。2011 年，她以《Bakudan to Ribon》（三斋出版社）出道。2012 年，她出版了《Sunny Sunny Ann！》（讲谈社），并获得第 17 届手冢治虫文化奖新人奖。该作品于 2018 年以法语出版，并正式入选 2019 年安古莱姆国际漫画节。

Miki Yamamoto is a manga artist and assistant professor at Tsukuba University, Faculty of Art and Design. She debuted with Bakudan to Ribon ("A Ribbon and a Bomb") in 2011 (Sansai Books). In 2012 she released Sunny Sunny Ann! (Kodansha) and received the 17th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize New Face Award. The same was published in French in 2018 and was officially selected for the 2019 Angoulême International Comics Festival.