| AVENTURES DE TINTIN T05 (LES) : LE LOTUS BLEU |  | Author: HERGÉ
Publisher: CASTERMAN
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 42,963
Languages: French (Unknown), French (Original Language), French (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 61
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9 x 0.4
ISBN: 2203001046
EAN: 9782203001046
ASIN: 2203001046
Publication Date: May 4, 1993
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Picking up where he left off in the Egyptian adventure Les cigares du pharaon, Tintin travels to China in Le Lotus bleu (The Blue Lotus), which is generally considered Herge's first masterpiece. It's also Tintin's only foray into actual history, specifically the Sino-Japanese conflicts of the early 1930s. The political tensions combined with the chilling threats of drugs give the story an especially high and realistic sense of danger. Herge's interest in China was spurred by a friendship with a young Chinese student named Chang Chong-chen, a relationship that Tintin mirrors with a Chinese boy also named Chang Chong-chen. Herge paints a vivid picture of China and takes the opportunity to denounce ethnic prejudices (though ironically his artistic depiction of the Japanese businessman Mitsuhirato is quite grotesque). Years later, Tintin's relationship with Chang would become the basis of Tintin au Tibet. --David Horiuchi
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