Hotel Harbour View (Hotel Harbor View) [Paperback]

Natsuo Sekikawa (Author), Jiroh Taniguchi (Illustrator), Jiro Taniguchi (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 92 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; 1st edition (December 12, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929279409
• ISBN-13: 978-0929279404
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,284,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Film-noir manga of the highest caliber., March 31, 2000

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Clifford A. Hicks (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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The key to "Hotel Harbor View" is that it is about emptiness, not fulfillment. The story is a masterwork of despair and death, and tries to comprehend whether or not death is anything more than a moment. Is the act of dying important, or merely the final page?

"Hotel Harbor View" is not for everyone. It's definitely more adult manga (i.e. Japanese comics) with both nudity and violence, but it's time the American audience start understanding comics aren't just for kids.

If you're looking for noir-ish fiction that evokes those hopeless stories of the 1940's, this is a great piece of work to get.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hong Kong and Paris never looked so good, November 11, 2003

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The book is a step ahead of most comics out today. There are two stories - both focused on a single person trying to come to terms with life in incredible cities: Hong Kong and Paris. There is danger, love, mystery and loss - like listening to Billie Holliday while drinking a strong whiskey straight. The scenes are beautifully constructed - sharp black & white - that bring you into the characters of both cities. The innovation in storytelling is amazing - angle choices and panel layouts are simple and surprising.

Any fan of 100 Bullets, Transmetropolitan, Alias or Hellblazer will get a kick out of this.

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good hard-boiled manga (adults only), March 29, 2011

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Very good hard-boiled manga (adults only), very different from Taniguchi's "A Distant Neighborhood (Vol 1 & 2)" and "The Walking Man"; too short though.