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Turning Japanese: Expanded Edition
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(W) MariNaomi (A) MariNaomi


Page Count: 240


"A vulnerable, searching, raw record." — Smithsonian Asian Pacific American CenterThe year is 1995. Fresh out of a long-term relationship, twenty-two-year old MariNaomi finds herself in San Jose, California. Mari, a mixed-race Japanese American, has for many years felt disconnected from the culture of her mother. Immersed in the pan-asian diaspora of San Jose, Mari searches for cultural and romantic connections.It doesn't take long for Mari to find new loves, and a new job—at a hostess bar for Japanese expats—in a bid to learn the Japanese language and culture. Turning Japanese moves as Mari does, from San Jose to Tokyo, 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.Turning Japanese: Expanded Edition includes new story pages that bring fresh insight and a new resolution to this classic comics memoir of our times.


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Turning Japanese: Expanded Edition

Written by MariNaomi

Oni Press · 240 pages
$29.99
SKU 9781637150948
About this book

(W) MariNaomi (A) MariNaomi


Page Count: 240


"A vulnerable, searching, raw record." — Smithsonian Asian Pacific American CenterThe year is 1995. Fresh out of a long-term relationship, twenty-two-year old MariNaomi finds herself in San Jose, California. Mari, a mixed-race Japanese American, has for many years felt disconnected from the culture of her mother. Immersed in the pan-asian diaspora of San Jose, Mari searches for cultural and romantic connections.It doesn't take long for Mari to find new loves, and a new job—at a hostess bar for Japanese expats—in a bid to learn the Japanese language and culture. Turning Japanese moves as Mari does, from San Jose to Tokyo, 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.Turning Japanese: Expanded Edition includes new story pages that bring fresh insight and a new resolution to this classic comics memoir of our times.


This Graphic Novel is available as a Special Order Item, not in stock in our warehouse. Special Order Graphic Novels take approximately ten days to arrive at CaptCan Comics. These items are in Brand New Condition and are Unread. Availability is subject to change. Orders for these items are treated the same as Pre-Sales. If you order Special Order Items and items in stock at CaptCan Comics together and pay shipping, the available items will be fulfilled into your hold box, and then shipped complete when the outstanding item arrives.

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ScriptsMariNaomi
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Turning Japanese
Publisher
Oni Press
Imprint
Oni Press
Pages
240

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