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Witches / 魔女
Series · 3 books · 2004-2005

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Witches, Vol. 1

2004

Shilal è cresciuta in un paese di tessitori, ha imparato a lavorare con il fuso, e i suoi filati sono preziosi. È lei la protagonista del primo di questi splendidi racconti di Daisuke Igarashi. Il popolo di Shilal è nomade, e un giorno la ragazza sale a bordo di un camion per andare incontro alla vita. Lei è diversa dalle sue coetanee: ancora non lo sa, ma è una messaggera. La magica città dove arriva è una linea di confine tra Oriente e Occidente. Lì vive la strega Nicola, tornata dopo trent’anni con uno spaventoso potere per vendicarsi di un giovane che un tempo aveva tradito il suo amore. WITCHES è una favola cupa, una raccolta di storie fantastiche ambientate in epoche e culture distanti tra loro, ma legate da un filo rosso che attraversa tutto il libro: l’ineluttabilità del destino e la forza dell’amore, la vera energia che guida il risveglio delle streghe.
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Witches, Vol. 2

2005

En Petra Genitalix, un accidente espacial precipita el destino de la Gran Hechicera Mila y de Alicia, que viven en las montañas del norte de Europa. En El ladrón de canciones, la joven Hinata embarca rumbo a las islas del sur intentando escapar de su vida vacía, pero allí conoce a la misteriosa Chitaru. Cuando una chica se topa con el milagro, una Hechicera aparece en el fondo de su mirada. El esperado segundo tomo de una serie de historias repletas de sentimientos. Para innumerables culturas, la relación entre las mujeres y la magia es innegable, aunque no en todas partes la miren con buenos ojos. La línea entre el bien y el mal es muy tenue, y es demasiado fácil pasar de un bando al otro. . . aunque nuestro mundo contemporáneo no crea en la magia y se niegue a aceptar lo extraordinario.
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Witches

The Complete Collection

2004

AN AWARD-WINNING COLLECTION OF INTERWOVEN TALES OF WITCHCRAFT! On a visit to the capital of a small country in the far west of Asia, a British girl named Nicola falls in love. The object of her affection is Mimar, a young man who works at a bazaar—yet despite her attempts, he turns her down. Upon returning home to England, the ache of her unrequited love festers. After years spent obtaining wealth, fame, and the Secret of the World, Nicola returns to the bazaar to exact her deadly revenge upon Mimar and those he holds dearest. This story is one of many in this haunting collection that features tales of witches and dark magic set around the globe and in outer space. Winner of the Excellence Prize at the 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival, Witches is written and illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi, the critically acclaimed author of Children of the Sea.

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Daisuke Igarashi
Daisuke Igarashi
Author · 14 books

Daisuke Igarashi (五十嵐 大介, Igarashi Daisuke) is a Japanese cartoonist, acclaimed for his refined art style and philosophical themes. His manga often use sci-fi or magical elements to touch on the relation between mankind and nature. Igarashi began his professional career in 1993 on the pages of the magazine 'Monthly Afternoon'. Therein, he published the stories composing Hanashippanashi (1993-1996), a few other shorts collected in the volume Sora Tobi Tamashii (2002), as well as his first minor success, the series Little Forest (2003-2005). In 2003 the author started a fruitful collaboration with the alternative manga magazine 'Monthly Ikki', in which he serialised his most famous works to date: the anthological Witches (2003-2004) and Children of the Sea (2006-2011). Both series were awarded an Excellence Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival, respectively in 2004 and 2009. Igarashi's latest works are Umwelt (2017), collecting short stories appeared in various magazines between 2004 and 2014, and the 5-volume long manga Designs (2016-2018).

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