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Author Tagame, Gengoroh, 1964- author, artist.

Uniform Title Otouto no Otto. English
Title My brother's husband / Gengoroh Tagame ; translated from the Japanese by Anne Ishii.

Publication Info. New York : Pantheon, 2017-

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Location Call No. Status
 Central Library - Graphic Novels - 1st floor  PN6790.J33 T255613 2017  Vol.1    Available
 Central Library - Graphic Novels - 1st floor  PN6790.J33 T255613 2017  Vol.2    Available
Edition First American edition.
Description volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
Graphic novels lcgft
Manga lcgft
Series Pantheon graphic novels
Pantheon graphic novels.
Note "Originally published as Otouto no Otto by Futabasha Publishers Ltd., Tokyo, in 2014"--Title page verso.
Reads from right to left.
Contents The black ships arrive -- Tempura sushi -- Memories -- Macaroni and cheese -- Silhouette -- Tears -- Mom -- Dining room -- Returning -- Curry -- Bad guys -- The gym -- Hot chocolate -- Ramen -- Pencils [sketches] -- Worried -- Onsen -- Wasabi ice cream -- Decisions -- Assorted baked sweets -- Secrets -- Forgotten items -- Introductions -- Day to day -- Meatball hot pot -- Pictures -- Visiting graves -- See you soon -- Thank you -- Pencils [sketches].
Summary "From one of Japan's most notable manga artists: a heartbreaking and redemptive tale of mourning and acceptance that compares and contrasts the contemporary nature of gay tolerance in the East and the West. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Language Translated from Japanese.
Awards Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Top Ten. (YALSA) 2018.
Local Note "Originally published as Otouto no Otto by Futabasha Publishers Ltd., Tokyo, in 2014"--Title page verso.
Subject Fathers and daughters -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction.
Families -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction.
Gay men -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Japan -- Fiction.
Gay families.
Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre/Form Comics (Graphic works)
Graphic novels.
Queer comics.
Gay comics.
LGBTQ+ manga.
Manga.
Added Author Ishii, Anne, translator.
ISBN 9781101871515 (v. 1 ; hardback)
1101871512 (v. 1 ; hardback)
9781101871539 (v. 2 ; hardback)
1101871539 (v. 2 ; hardback)
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