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OverviewThe 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: MariNaomi , MariNaomiPublisher: Oni Press,US Imprint: Oni Press,US Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.771kg ISBN: 9781637150948ISBN 10: 1637150946 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 06 June 2023 Recommended Age: From 16 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsSure to resonate most strongly with females facing similar challenges of young adulthood. -- Kirkus This book has something of [a balming] effect in its exploration of the many complexities of identity and romance. -- Publishers Weekly In Turning Japanese, Mari's unflinching honesty, open heart, and hard-earned wisdom challenges us to embrace the unexpected detours that unfold in our own lives. --Yumi Sakugawa, Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With the Universe """Sure to resonate most strongly with females facing similar challenges of young adulthood.""-- ""Kirkus"" ""This book has something of [a balming] effect in its exploration of the many complexities of identity and romance.""-- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""In Turning Japanese, Mari's unflinching honesty, open heart, and hard-earned wisdom challenges us to embrace the unexpected detours that unfold in our own lives.""--Yumi Sakugawa, Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With the Universe" Author InformationMariNaomi (she/they) is the award-winning author and illustrator of Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial, 2011), Dragon's Breath and Other True Stories (2dcloud/Uncivilized Books, 2014), Turning Japanese (2dcloud, 2016), I Thought YOU Hated ME (Retrofit Comics, 2016), the Life on Earth trilogy (Graphic Universe, 2018-2020), and Dirty Produce (Workman Publishing, Nov. 2021). Their work has appeared in over eighty print publications and has been featured on websites such as The New Yorker's Daily Shouts, The Rumpus, LA Review of Books, Midnight Breakfast and BuzzFeed, and has been translated into French (Devenir Japonaise, Editions IMHO, Feb. 2021) and Russian. MariNaomi's comics and paintings have been featured in the Smithsonian, the de Young Museum, the Cartoon Art Museum, the Asian Art Museum, and the Japanese American Museum. In 2011 and 2018, Mari toured with the literary roadshow Sister Spit. They are the founder and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color Database, the Queer Cartoonists Database, and the Disabled Cartoonists Database. They have taught classes for the California College of the Arts Comics MFA program, and was a guest editor for PEN Illustrated. They were cohost of the Ask Bi Grlz podcast with author Myriam Gurba. MariNaomi lives in Southern California with their spouse and a menagerie of rescue cats, dogs, and butterfly babies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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