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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, formerly married to 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]
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
Translated from (original): Japanese
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General Notes:
- "Originally published as Otouto no Otto by Futabasha Publishers Ltd., Tokyo, in 2014"--Title page verso.
Reads from right to left.
Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Top Ten. (YALSA) 2018.
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Creator Demographics:
- Japanese
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Physical Description:
- volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
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Call Numbers:
- PN6790.J33 T255613 2017
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ISBNs:
- 9781101871515 (v. 1, hardcover)
1101871512 (v. 1, hardcover)
9781101871539 (v. 2, hardcover)
1101871539 (v. 2, hardcover)
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Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2016047082
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OCLC Numbers:
- 961923878