![]() Each tattoo shows us the story that we have before us. Even though the boy is asked not to, he stares at the man’s tattoos all night as the tattooed man sleeps. Each tattoo tells a story, and if one looks at him long enough, he or she will become one of the tattooed stories. The tattoos are a curse placed upon him by a witch. He comes upon a young lad whom he befriends and explains that his tattoos tell the future. A tattooed man wanders place to place in search of a job. I don’t even know why Bradbury went to what little trouble he did to include him at the beginning of what is essentially a collection of short stories. More than one person suggested this book because the “illustrated man” is heavily tattooed, yet the book has nothing to do with him. I am very glad I did not take the time to read this in graduate school when I was researching tattoos. The Grand Master Editions Bantam Books 1951 186 pages ![]()
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