Living Corpse (Hino Horror) [Paperback]

Hideshi Hino (Author)

Book Description

Series: Hino Horror | Publication Date: June 2004

Grotesque and disturbing account of the life of a living corpse after a horrific death!!

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About the Author

Hideshi Hino, Japan's master of horror manga, was born in China in 1946 and soon moved to Tokyo. The apocalyptic post-war landscape and grotesque, twisted characters recur throughout his work. Best known for his semi-autobiographical, Panorama of Hell, he has 200+ titles in print.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: DH Publishing (June 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974596159
• ISBN-13: 978-0974596150
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,421,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars I'M FALLING TO PIECES, March 20, 2005

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This review is from: Living Corpse (Hino Horror) (Paperback)

A man wakes up in a cemetary, having no knowledge of his identity or where he is. Stumbling upon some villagers, he is confused when they react to him in horror, screaming and running away, declaring that a monster is after them! He realizes what happened when he passes a mirror and sees his own visage for the first time. He is a hulking rotting corpse with dripping flesh and maggots falling out of his right eye. Captured by the police and handed over to some well-meaning but flabbergasted scientists, he is poked and prodded and unintentionally tortured in an attempt to reverse the process of his living death. And then they find a family portrait pendant in his stomach that just might give a clue to the living corpse's identity.

Hideshi Hino wrote Living Corpse at a bad period in his life. He was suffering from some personal ailments which required him to be hospitalized. After he got out he could not take time to recuperate because he had a family to support so he had to go right back to making manga. At that time, thoughts of death went through his mind. Living Corpse is a horror story or persecution and ignorance of the workings of the universe, but underneath is the theme of love of one's family going beyond physical death. It's amazing that in one of Hino's worst times, he was still able to let that love overcome horrible circumstances. While Living Corpse at times wallows in melodrama, it's a good book.