Otherworld Barbara (OTHERWORLD BARBARA HC)

Fantagraphics Books is proud to present the first volume (of two) of Moto Hagios Otherworld Barbara in which Tokio discovers a phantom island named Barbara. Then theres a mysterious and missing geneticist an eccentric clergyman a grieving grandmother granted temporary youth a psychologist killed by a freak tornado Hagio offers a sci-fi explanation for these seemingly random paranormal elements and makes it all matter with believable characters in complex and subtle relationships.This book won theNebula Award of Japan (Nihon SF Taish Award) in 2006.