Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Talk to my back / Yamada Murasaki ; translated by Ryan Holmberg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: [Montreal, Quebec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2022Copyright date: 2022Edition: First edition; English editionDescription: xl, 342 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781770465633
  • 1770465634
Uniform titles:
  • Shinkirari. English
Related works:
  • Container of (work): Holmberg, Ryan. Life and art of Yamada Murasaki
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 741.5/952 23
LOC classification:
  • PN6790.J33 Y3768713 2022
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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
New Book New Book Karen H. Huntsman Library New Items - Main Level 741.5952 M931t 1 Available 38060007515893
Total holds: 0

"This book is presented in the traditional Japanese manner and is meant to be read from right to left. The cover at the opposite end is considered the front. To begin reading the manga, please flip the book over and start at the other end. For the historical essay, turn this page and read from left to right"-- page [i].

Includes an essay "The life and art of Yamada Murasaki" by Ryan Holmberg.

Includes bibliographical references.

"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.

Translated from the Japanese.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha