犬を飼う そして…猫を飼う

by Jirō Taniguchi

犬と猫を愛するすべての人に　著者の実体験を基に、老いた愛犬の死までを丹念に描いた『犬を飼う』。　そして、愛犬の死後、行き場をなくしてやってきた猫たちとの生活を描いた『そして…猫を飼う』。　本シリーズに加え、谷口氏が犬と猫との生活を描いた珠玉のエッセイ『サスケとジロー』（全16000字超）、谷口氏の後期犬まんがの傑作『百年の系譜』を収録し、1冊丸ごと、犬と猫を題材とした作品集としました。　　発表時に大反響を呼び、知る人ぞ知る名作として読み継がれる感動傑作、決定版としてついに登場！！　＊本書は『犬を飼うと12の短編』（小学館）収録作品の一部を抜粋し、エッセイを加えて再編集した新装版となります。刊行にあたり、すべての原稿を新たに製版し、カラー画稿はすべて4色印刷にて収録、名作『犬を飼う』シリーズの決定版となります。

Genres: Comics

Tankobon Hardcover

About the author

Name (in native language): 谷口 ジロー
Zodiac: Leo

He began to work as assistant of the late mangaka Kyota Ishikawa.
He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kareta Heya (A Desiccated Summer), published in the magazine Young Comic.
From 1976 to 1979, he created several hard-boiled comics with the scenarist Natsuo Sekigawa, such as City Without Defense, The Wind of the West is White and Lindo 3.
From 1984 to 1991, Tanigushi and Natsuo Sekigawa produced the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai.
In the 1990s, he came up with several albums, among which Aruku Hito (歩くひと), Chichi no koyomi (The Almanac of My Father), and Keyaki no ki.
In 2001, he created the Icare (Icaro) series on texts by Mœbius.
Jirô Taniguchi gained several prizes for his work. Among others, the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award (1998) for the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai, the Shogakukan prize with Inu wo Kau, and in 2003, the Alph'Art of the best scenario at the Angoulême International Comics Festival (France) for Harukana Machi-E.
His work has been translated in many languages.

Far from the violent storylines often associated with the manga, Taniguchi has developed a very personal style, more adult. Along with other writers, like Tsukasa Hōjō, his comics focus more on the Japanese society and culture, with a subtle analysis of its customs and habits.

Reviews

[二六 侯 · Rating 5 out of 5]

看到書友在看谷口這部，想說作為飼主，似乎也應該來讀一下。

開頭是1990年，那時我家也失去了一隻狗，當年狗醫藥跟輔具都不如今日……不過那時候臺灣的獸醫也跟書裡日本的獸醫的一樣，都是願意出診的。現在嘛，先搞定獸醫診所附近的停車位再說。谷口是從小抱著養狗夢，但我這讀者可是沒得選。因為比最初的狗還晚在家中登場，作為動物毛過敏者也只好發展出相處之道！幸好狗是很好教又平面行動的動物，但是如果是會在室內3D跳來跳去的貓，大概就歹鬥陣了（汗）。

谷口治郎畫／寫到他飼養的貓狗是中年的時候。前幾年他去世，不知道他最後的時光是否還有貓狗相伴，如果有，他離世之後不知道配偶或其他親友有沒有繼續照顧呢？印象中日本是可以辦寵物信託的，真希望中華民國也能修法開放寵物信託。

[Eressea · Rating 5 out of 5]

日常要畫得好
就要有精細的背景~
谷口治郎畫得就像描照片一樣
溫馨的劇情好棒
雖然過敏的我大概不會主動養寵物
看起來還是很感動

[Ally Yang · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Indy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A heart warming comic book on author’s daily life with his dog, and the end of life stage with the dog, followed by having 3 cats afterwards.