I had a detached retina!

An Andalusian Dog’s Life
The case of my detached retina
by Yaemi Shigyo

A5, 104pp. ¥1260
ISBN 978-4-9902663-1-8

Sixteen manga, twenty illustrations; bilingual (English and Japanese).

Published in a limited edition of 200 copies by Nishigawa Kobo in Fukuoka, Japan

Printed in Tokyo, Japan by Koshin Printing

Book and cover design by Yaemi Shigyo
Typography by C.F. Ryal

Summer, 2006.
My nearsightedness led to a detached retina in my right eye.
If I had left it, the eye would have gone blind.
A sudden stay in the hospital. Three surgeries under general anaesthetic. Complications arising from my condition, and a fourth surgery after that.
What became of my poor tired retina?
How did my husband Chris cope with it?
This is my detached retina diary, told in essays and drawings.
It is a greedily bilingual book!

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About the author

Yaemi Shigyo is a graphic designer and illustrator from Kanzaki, Saga Prefecture. She has lived and worked in Saga, Fukuoka, and Vancouver, Canada. Since 1998 she has worked in partnership with C.F. Ryal, producing magazines, theatre programmes, books, and other designs for print and internet publications.