Turning Japanese (HC)

(W) MariNaomi (A) MariNaomi (CA) MariNaomi
The year is 1995. Fresh out of a long-term relationship, twenty-two-year-old MariNaomi finds herself amidst a flurry of major lifechanges. 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 Japanesefollows 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 theuse 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.

Publisher:	Oni Press, Inc.
Title:	Turning Japanese Other Titles
Issue:	(HC)
Cover Price:	$29.99
Cover Date:	2023 June
Release Date:	2023 June 14
Condition:	NEW
ISBN:	978163715094852999
LUNAR:	0423ON269