My brother's husband / Gengoroh Tagame ; translated from the Japanese by Anne Ishii.

First American edition.

New York : Pantheon, 2017-

volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm

"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.

Online version: Tagame, Gengoroh, 1964- author, artist. My brother's husband. First American edition. New York : Pantheon, [2017]

English

July 16, 2018