My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 (Pantheon Graphic Library)

by Gengoroh Tagame

Anne Ishii (Translator)

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The first volume of the acclaimed global sensation, from one of Japan's most notable manga artists: Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, and father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself to be 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 and heartbreaking look at the state of a largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it's been affected by the West, and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it and prejudices against it.

(Please note: This book is a traditional work of manga, and reads back to front and right to left.)
  • ISBN10 1101871512
  • ISBN13 9781101871515
  • Publish Date 2 May 2017
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Alfred A. Knopf