The Story
TWIN LOTUSES HC
(W) ZHANG XIAOYU (A) ZHANG XIAOYU (C) ZHANG XIAOYU
ONI PRESS
StockID: 172650 SKU: 0226ON1003
Love is never lost . . . Fan is a young Chinese engineer who lost his wife in a Japanese bombing raid in 1937. Mingfeng was a popular performer at the local opera- and he is devastated by the loss. Distraught- he builds an extraordinary automaton that replaces her at the theater. Meanwhile- war rages throughout the city- and orphaned children run wild under the direction of local potentates in an attempt to thrive and survive. When those potentates take notice of the mysterious beauty- suspicions and desires start to grow. Mix in an American airman and the tensions of war- and things build to an explosive finale. Masterfully mixing a snapshot of war-torn China with the philosophical sci-fi questions of a Philip K. Dick novel- Twin Lotuses is a beautifully illustrated story capturing an ugly time and the flicker of hope- love- and ambition that shone through it all.
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TWIN LOTUSES HC
(W) ZHANG XIAOYU (A) ZHANG XIAOYU (C) ZHANG XIAOYU
ONI PRESS
StockID: 172650 SKU: 0226ON1003
Love is never lost . . . Fan is a young Chinese engineer who lost his wife in a Japanese bombing raid in 1937. Mingfeng was a popular performer at the local opera- and he is devastated by the loss. Distraught- he builds an extraordinary automaton that replaces her at the theater. Meanwhile- war rages throughout the city- and orphaned children run wild under the direction of local potentates in an attempt to thrive and survive. When those potentates take notice of the mysterious beauty- suspicions and desires start to grow. Mix in an American airman and the tensions of war- and things build to an explosive finale. Masterfully mixing a snapshot of war-torn China with the philosophical sci-fi questions of a Philip K. Dick novel- Twin Lotuses is a beautifully illustrated story capturing an ugly time and the flicker of hope- love- and ambition that shone through it all.
