The Man Who Walks. Jiro Taniguchi.
In Portuguese, 244 pages; soft cover, 24 x 17 cm, black and white. Becoming.
This is one of, if not the work, that would give worldwide fame to this Japanese author. Instead of a central intrigue, in which a dense story with a mystery at the center was explored that was solved with great pirouettes, these short stories reveal what is most mysterious in the human being: curiosity, empathy, attention, openness to others. A man, in his forties, takes advantage of some solitary moments to take a walk around the neighborhood in which he lives. He chooses less crowded paths, pays attention to abscondite corners, discovers alleys, observes the people and animals that cross his path. The goal is to meditate, to breathe, like the moments of silence in Ozu's films. It is to be. And be.
