My brother's husband. Volume 1 / Gengoroh Tagame ; translated from the Japanese by Anne Ishii.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Series: Pantheon graphic novelsPublisher: New York : Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First American editionDescription: 352 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781101871515
- 1101871512
- Otouto no Otto. English
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Graphic Novel | Tagame, Gengoroh | Checked out | 05/22/2024 | 33111008940666 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"When a cuddly Canadian comes to call, Yaichi-a single Japanese dad-is forced to confront his painful past. With his young daughter Kana leading the way, he gradually rethinks his assumptions about what makes a family. Renowned manga artist Gengoroh Tagame turns his stunning draftsmanship to a story very different from his customary fare, to delightful and heartwarming effect."
-Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home
Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo, married to wife Natsuki, father to young daughter Kana. Their lives are suddenly upended with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the widower of Yaichi's estranged gay twin, Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji's past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented, revelatory look at and journey into the largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture- how it's been affected by the West, and how the next generation has the chance to change the preconceptions of and prejudices against it.
(With black-and-white illustrations throughout; part of the Pantheon Graphic Novel series)
"Originally published as Otouto no Otto by Futabasha Publishers Ltd., Tokyo, in 2014"--Title page verso.
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Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the widower of Yaichi's estranged gay twin, Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji's past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented and heartbreaking look at the state of a largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it's been affected by the West, and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it and prejudices against it.