Shiver : selected stories
Title:
Shiver : selected stories
Author:
Itō, Junji, 1963- author, artist.
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Comics. Selections. English
Publication Information:
San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, [2017]
©2015
Physical Description:
392 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"This volume includes nine of Junji Ito's best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying notes and commentary. An arm peppered with tiny holes dangles from a sick girl's window... After an idol hangs herself, balloons bearing faces appear in the sky, some even featuring your own face... An amateur film crew hires an extremely individualistic fashion model and faces a real bloody ending... An offering of nine fresh nightmares for the delectation of horror fans"--Amazon.
General Note:
Manga.
Translation of: Itō junji jisen kessakushū.
Originally published in Japan in 2015 by Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc., Tokyo, through Tohan Corporation, Tokyo.
Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left.
Language:
English
Contents:
Used record -- Shiver -- Fashion model -- Hanging blimp -- Marionette mansion -- Painter -- The long dream -- Honored ancestors -- Greased -- Fashion model : cursed frame.
Reading Level:
Rated T+ for older teen; parental advisory; recommended for ages 16 and up; contains graphic violence and disturbing themes.
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9781421596938
Format :
Book
