The Garden
₱1,459.00
Product Description
A graphic novel about healing through mindfulness and gardening by two highly acclaimed
creators.
I have happily forgotten what used to concern me before all this. I am the strongest thing in the world. I have an infinity of precious details to smile upon.
Quiet and meditative,
The Garden is a story told in manga about one woman’s spiritual and emotional growth. Following a breakdown, Joanna takes medical leave from her job in a high-powered finance firm. Seeking something meaningful in her life, she travels to Japan to immerse herself in Zen gardening and meditation before returning home to nurture her own Japanese garden . . . and her soul. Two powerful and admired creators—award-winning writer Sean Michael Wilson and graphic-novel artist Fumio Obata—have created a powerful story of healing and recovery.
Review
“an enjoyable, blissful escape”
brokenfrontier.com/
garden-liminal-11s-first-graphic-novel-encourages-reconnecting-nature-aid-mindfulness-fumio-obata-sean-michael-wilson/
“Calm, contemplative and refreshing, The Garden is a seed of surprise just waiting for you to plant it.”
comicsreview.co.uk/nowreadthis/2020/04/24/the-
garden/
“A worthy message of mindfulness and the benefits of taking time to stop and appreciate what’s around you rather than always pushing forwards.”
bigcomicpage.com/2020/05/18/review-the-
garden-liminal-11/
“The rat race consumes such a vast amount of our time, and it’s easy to get mentally lost in the pressure of work sometimes – to the detriment of the very thing that makes you ‘you’. Sean and Fumio capture this perfectly in [The Garden].”
readitdaddy.blogspot.com/2020/05/readitdaddys-comic-graphic-novel-of.html
“Wilson’s words and Obata’s illustrations compliment each other wonderfully and create such a beautiful read.”
northernplunder.com/graphic-novel-review-the-
garden-by-sean-wilson/
“a beautiful read that offers a moment of calm”
acatabookandacupoftea.wordpress.com/2020/05/06/review-the-
garden/
“a passive look at self-awareness that is rare in this medium, presented beautifully in hard-back making it a lovely gift for the right person.
uk-anime.net/manga/The_Garden.html
About the Author
Sean Michael Wilson is a graphic-novel writer living in Scotland and Japan. He has published more than 20 books, including
The Many Not the Few and
Parecomic (with an introduction by Noam Chomsky). His book
The Faceless Ghost was nominated for the prestigious Eisner Book Awards, and
Secrets of the Ninja won an International Manga Award from the Japanese government; he was the first British person to receive this award. He has written articles for
The Japan Times,
The London Economic,
The Herald Scotland, and others.
Fumio Obata is an illustrator and animator whose style is influenced by both Japanese and European aesthetics. His latest graphic novel
Just So Happens was critically acclaimed and has been published in eight languages.