03156cam a2200529 i 4500 2661530623 TxAuBib 20260121120000.0 210618s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781912097449 hardcover $35.00 1912097443 hardcover $35.00 (OCoLC)1257020995 TxAuBib rda eng jpn Taniguchi, Jirō, author. Kodoku no gurume English. The solitary gourmet = : Kodoku no gurume / Jiro Taniguchi, Masayuki Kusumi ; translation: Kumar Sivasubramanian ; ably assisted by Chitoku Teshima ; graphic adaptation: Ami Reuveni, Soni ReGa, Vanesa Coronel & Edu Di Costa. Kodoku no gurume. 孤独のグルメ. [Doddington, Cambs] : Fanfare, 2025. 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Originally published as two volumes in 1997 and 2015. Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left. "This is the book in which nothing happens,but everything is consumed! Like 'The Walking Man' at lunch!! What do we learn about Mister Inogashira? He's a sole, independent trader importing household and fashion goods from France. He is always busy but never rushed as he travels around Japan selling his wares. He's a private person who, whilst he enjoys the company of women, prefers to remain a bachelor. He smokes cigarettes but never touches alcohol. But above all, he enjoys his food! He is The Solitary Gourmet! Each of the thirty-two chapters explores another dish in another restaurant in another part of town from Tokyo to Tottori, from Osaka to hospital (yes!) and even ventures to an Algerian restaurant in Paris, eating and observing. This volume collects all 32 chapters serialized over two decades (originally in Fusosha's monthly 'Panja' magazine) and includes the special hospital chapter. Like an exquisite meal, this book should be savored over and over again."--Amazon.com. 20260125. In English, translated from the Japanese. Cooking, Japanese Comic books, strips, etc. East Asians Food Comic books, strips, etc. Traveling sales personnel Japan Comic books, strips, etc. Bachelors Comic books, strips, etc. Gourmets Comic books, strips, etc. Food habits Comic books, strips, etc. Japan Description and travel Comic books, strips, etc. Graphic novels. Sivasubramanian, Kumar, translator. Teshima, Chitoku, translator. Reuveni, Ami, contributor. ReGa, Soni, contributor. Coronel, Vanesa, contributor. Di Costa, Edu, contributor.