A perfect hybrid of European and Japanese comics and a rich exploration of the combined wonder and alienation of immigrant life.
In August 2002, artist Benjamin Reiss flies to Tokyo to spend a year with Kayoko, the Japanese girl he met in France a year earlier. What he finds upon landing is a vast and complex culture, steeped in tradition but full of surprises. As one year stretches into six, Benjamin becomes immersed in the world of sento baths, taiko drums, and bento boxes, while studying cartooning under several masters of manga.
- ISBN10 1603094180
- ISBN13 9781603094184
- Publish Date 7 November 2017 (first published 2 September 2015)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 8 September 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Top Shelf Productions
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 232
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781603094184