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Hotel Africa Volume 1 Paperback – April 1, 2008

by Hee Jung Park (Author)
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    192 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    TokyoPop
  4. Publication date
    April 1, 2008
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    142780575X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1427805751
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Grade 10 Up–In the present, mixed-race musician Elvis lives with his friends July and Ed as they struggle to make it big in the entertainment biz. While the three of them strive toward success, Elvis reminisces about growing up in a hotel in the middle of Utah, where he watched permanent guest Geo romance his single mother while a variety of people wandered through and tried to find focus or personal connection in their own lives. These memories provide a genuine heart to the book, as well as the bulk of its content, but their power is undercut by how disconnected they feel from one another and from the present. The volume itself has a pleasing solidity to it, a height, heft, and page count that seem to promise substantiality beyond some of the attenuated debuts of long-sprawling manga serials, and the art surpasses classic shojo atmospherics for detailed, if feminized, depictions. Readers will certainly enjoy following the burgeoning relationship between Elvis's mom and Geo, which is heightened by an early investment in the paternal bond between suitor and son, but the scenes with Elvis as an adult lack direction. Initially a framing vehicle for each chapter, they grow increasingly less frequent as the book meanders on. That leaves readers with a sequence of vignettes involving whichever patron arrives to stir up melodrama. A pleasantly emotive experience, but lacking the necessary cohesion to inspire readers to pursue future volumes.–Benjamin Russell, Belmont High School, NH
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ TokyoPop (April 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 142780575X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1427805751
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
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