{"product_id":"heart-of-thomas","title":"Heart of Thomas","description":"\u003cmeta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html;charset=UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA shojo classic in english for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe setting: A boys’ boarding school in Germany, sometime in the latter 20th Century. Fourteen year-old Thomas Werner falls from a lonely pedestrian overpass to his death immediately after sending a single, brief letter to a schoolmate:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo Juli, one last time\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is my love\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the sound of my heart\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSurely you must understand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThus begins the legendary and enigmatic \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHeart of Thomas\u003c\/em\u003e, by Moto Hagio. Inspired by Jean Delannoy’s 1964 film, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes Amitiés Particulieres\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Heart of Thomas \u003c\/em\u003ewas nearly cancelled early in its serialization, in 1974, until Hagio’s first trade paperback, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Poe Clan\u003c\/em\u003e, Volume 1, sold out in a single day, giving her new series a new lease on life. The result was a story more complex, less accessible, and yet so compelling it can be found near or at the top of any list of classic shojo manga. Translated by manga scholar Matt Thorn and packaged with the same loving attention to detail as Hagio’s Eisner Award nominated \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Drunken Dream\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Heart of Thomas \u003c\/em\u003eis already the most eagerly anticipated manga translation of the new decade.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kokoro Shoujo Shop","offers":[{"title":"1","offer_id":49341184442666,"sku":"","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6825\/5018\/files\/1_a861ef31-de29-490b-a094-7976128766be.jpg?v=1692339567","url":"https:\/\/64856a-2.myshopify.com\/products\/heart-of-thomas","provider":"Kokoro Shoujo Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}