Thermae Romae / Mari Yamazaki ; [translation, Stephen Paul].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamazaki, Mari, 1967- author, artist.

Contributor:

Paul, Stephen (Translator), translator.

Blakeslee, Lys, 1985-

Roberta S. & Leonard S. Leibman, W'53 Fund.

Standardized Title:

Terumae Romae. English

テルマエ・ロマエ. English http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2017002883

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Time travel.

Baths, Roman.

Architects.

Japan.

Italy--Rome.

Architects--Italy--Rome--Comic books, strips, etc.

Baths, Roman--Design and construction--Comic books, strips, etc.

Time travel--Comic books, strips, etc.

Japan--Comic books, strips, etc.

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels.

Physical Description:

3 volumes : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Edition:

First Yen Press edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Yen Press, 2012-

Language Note:

Translated from the Japanese.

Summary:

When Roman architect Lucius Modestus' design for a new public bath is rejected as "outdated," he goes to the local bathhouse to think. During his visit, he's mysteriously sucked down through the water only to reemerge in a modern Japanese bathhouse 1,500 years in the future. Taking the measure of his surroundings, and inspiration from contemporary advances in bath design and technology, he returns to ancient Rome and incorporates his observations into his new bathhouse, Thermae Romae, which swiftly becomes the most popular bathhouse in the city!

Notes:

Translation of: Terumae Romae.

"First published in Japan by Enterbrain, Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon, v. 1.

Item reads manga-style, right to left.

"Winner of the Manga Taisho 2010 Grand Prize! Winner of the 14th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize Short Story Award!"--P. [4] of cover, v.1.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Roberta S. & Leonard S. Leibman, W'53 Fund.

ISBN:

9780316229197

0316229199

9780316232197

031623219X

9780316369114

031636911X

OCLC:

801593946

Publisher Number:

99958443577