Illustration: From the LP jacket of “Original sound creation - PALM”/Columbia/1986
About the PALM Series
The PALM Series has been published in Japan since 1983 and in Korea since 1992.
The Series is a roman-fleuve about life set from the beginning of the 20th century to the present time and moving into the 21st century.
The Series centers on three main characters that all have different colored skin and backgrounds and who all stand out as unusual in society.
The story tells their whole lives from birth until death and talks about people who are related to them, including ancestors and descendants.
The PALM Series has 10 parts and each part has a different genre and theme:
I.e. roman-fleuve, human drama, comedy, love, crime, war, environmental problems, and even the occult. This is mainly because these are all parts of this beautiful confusing world.
I, Yasei Kemonogi, have been writing this series as an amateur since 1974, when I was 14 years old, and since 1983 as a professional cartoon writer.
When I started to write the Series I chose Los Angeles in the U.S.A. for the main
background. The reasons were very simple:
1) each of the 3 main characters have different colored skin and
2) I did not know anywhere else in the world where such a mixed culture existed at that time, since I was only 14 years old. After a few years I realized that it was a good choice for writing about the world in this century.
I am now in the process of writing my 24th book since the beginning of the PALM Series. This book will be the 7th part of the ultimate 10 part Series. I now have only 3 parts left to write. The complete works will perhaps be finished in 10 or 20 years and it would give me great pleasure if this Series were to consume the rest of my life.
Nov.1997
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