Turning Japanese / MariNaomi.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Portland, OR : Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: Expanded Edition; First editionDescription: 211 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781637150948
- 1637150946
- MariNaomi -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Japanese Americans -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Hostess clubs -- Comic books, strips, etc
- San Jose (Calif.) -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Tokyo (Japan) -- Comic books, strips, etc
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Graphic Novel | MARINAOM M337 | Available | 33111011100548 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The year is 1995. Fresh out of a long-term relationship, twenty-two-year-old MariNaomi finds herself amidst a flurry of major life changes. Newly immersed in the pan-Asian diaspora of San Jose, California, half-Japanese Mari searches for connections to a culture that has so far eluded her.
It doesn't take long for Mari to find new love and a new job--at a hostess bar for Japanese expats--in a bid to learn the language and culture. Turning Japanese follows Mari from Northern California to Tokyo, Japan, as she tries to get by in an unfamiliar city with rudimentary language skills--all in the hopes of finally connecting with her Japanese relatives without the use of her mother as a translator.
"The year is 1995. Fresh out of a long-term relationship, twenty-two-year old MariNaomi finds herself amidst a flurry of major life changes. Newly immersed in the pan-Asian diaspora of San Jose, California, half-Japanese Mari searches for connections to a culture that has so far eluded her. It doesn't take long for Mari to find new loves, and a new job--at a hostess bar for Japanese expats--in a bid to learn the language and culture. Turning Japanese follows Mari from Northern California to Tokyo, Japan, as she tries to get by in an unfamiliar city with rudimentary language skills--all in the hopes of finally connecting with her Japanese relatives without the use of her mother as a translator."--Back cover.