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TO SHOGO,
LOVE IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD…

Apollo’s Song
by Osamu Tezuka

Translated by Camellia Nieh
Graphic Novel/Manga/Sci-Fi
Trade Paperback
978-1-932234-66-4 / 1-932234-66-7
544 Pages
6 x 8 inches
U.S.$19.95 / CAN$24.95
Age 16 and up


Master storyteller Osamu Tezuka’s Apollo’s Song is a lyrical tour-de-force on the human spirit, the destruction of hate, and the triumph of love.

Apollo’s Song follows the tragic journey of Shogo, a young man whose abusive childhood has instilled in him a loathing for love so profound he finds himself compelled to acts of violence when he is witness to any act of intimacy or affection whether by human or beast. His hate is such that the gods intervene, cursing Shogo to experience love throughout the ages ultimately to have it ripped from his heart every time. From the Nazi atrocities of World War II to a dystopian future of human cloning, Shogo loses his heart, in so doing, healing the psychic scars of his childhood hatred.