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Talk to my back / Yamada Murasaki ; translated by Ryan Holmberg.
Van Pelt Library PN6790.J33 Y3768713 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yamada, Murasaki, 1948-2009, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Shinkirari. English
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Middle class--Japan--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Middle class.
- Mothers and daughters--Japan--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Japan--Social life and customs--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Graphic novels.
- Physical Description:
- xl, 342 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- English edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [Montreal, Quebec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2022.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Japanese.
- Summary:
- "Set in an apartment complex on the outskirts of Tokyo, Murasaki Yamada's Talk to My Back (1981-84) explores the fraying of Japan's suburban middle-class dreams through a woman's relationship with her two daughters as they mature and assert their independence, and with her husband, who works late and sees his wife as little more than a domestic servant."--Amazon.
- Notes:
- Reads from right to left.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781770465633
- 1770465634
- OCLC:
- 1264272964
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