--- product_id: 57784900 title: "The Push Man and Other Stories" brand: "yoshihiro tatsumi" price: "€ 22.69" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/57784900-the-push-man-and-other-stories store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # The Push Man and Other Stories **Brand:** yoshihiro tatsumi **Price:** € 22.69 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Push Man and Other Stories by yoshihiro tatsumi - **How much does it cost?** € 22.69 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/57784900-the-push-man-and-other-stories) ## Best For - yoshihiro tatsumi enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted yoshihiro tatsumi brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Push Man and Other Stories - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51itCvsH6jL.jpg) ![The Push Man and Other Stories - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31ZmI1MRyWL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A genius at work *by J***T on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 May 2020* After reading his autobiography I thought I'd try his work. It is easy to see why the man is do revered. Fascinatingly he is not influenced by the genre he created, instead his influence came from watching the working class men in the inner city around him as well as the seedy crime stories from the newspaper. It makes his work an absolute contrast to the innocence of the man which makes the stories more absorbing. The stories are like snapshots of lives that tell large stories and are absolute genius ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Slices of Japanese 20th century life *by S***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 August 2010* Yoshihiro Tatsumi's "The Push Man" is a collection of 8 page stories detailing the lives of young people in working class areas of a nameless city. As usual with Tatsumi's work the stories are highly imaginative, well drawn, and utterly compelling to read. Once you pick up the book you won't put it down until you've finished. Then you'll go back and re-read some of the more haunting stories.The themes are of betrayal, isolation, revenge, sacrifice, and loneliness. It isn't the most cheerful of books! That said, a lot of the stories will stay with you. "Piranha" follows a factory worker deliberately having his arm chopped off for the insurance money, giving the money to his cocktail waitress girlfriend, who leaves him after he can't take more of her abuse and grabs her arm, thrusting it into his piranha tank."Bedridden" features a mysterious girl in a bed who is apparently the perfect sex slave. Yet each of her "masters" ends up dead. "The Push Man" follows a train worker/student whose job is to push people onto the trains, literally cramming them in so they'll all fit, until one day he gets swallowed by the crowd himself.There are a lot of 8 page stories in the 200 page book so I won't go into all of them. Unwanted pregnancies, cheating partners, confused and desperate young men, are all explored in the book. There are a couple of longer pieces included as well.The artwork is fantastic, in particular the opening pages to the stories which is usually a page long illustration of a shadowy part of a city. Tatsumi does a brilliant job of capturing urban life in Japan albeit slightly dated with massive TVs and a lack of computers, it's fascinating to see how familiar the stories are and how fresh they read despite being decades old. The freshness of the stories reflects the high quality storyteller and artist that is Tatsumi and I loved this book like all the others the brilliant Drawn & Quarterly have been steadily putting out over the last 5 years. An excellent comic book by an incredible artist. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The antithesis to manga Manga *by D***C on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 August 2013* I you thought you'd seen it all from manga, try reading through this. Manga, has a broader range than what has been translated into english. In Japan there is a manga medium that can cater for all target audiences.Tatsumi's work is different from the sci-fi and the fantasy. It has a very dramatic, soap opera feel to it. Each story is a standalone vignette but each links to the other in theme.The stories presented here are bleak and there's little in the way of optimism in each of them.The art isn't very detailed but is appropriate to the story. Its harsh and its rough to match Tatsumi's stories about the seedy side of working class life.I recommend this to anyone jaded by the sometimes samey-look, samey-story world of manga. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.at/products/57784900-the-push-man-and-other-stories](https://www.desertcart.at/products/57784900-the-push-man-and-other-stories) --- *Product available on Desertcart Austria* *Store origin: AT* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*