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My brother's husband. Volume 1
Title:
My brother's husband. Volume 1
ISBN:
9781101871515
Publication Date:
2017
Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Info:
New York : Pantheon Books, [2017]
Material Type:
Graphic Novel
Physical Description:
352 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm
Language:
English
Abstract:
"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.
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