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Our colors
- Title
- Our colors / Gengoroh Tagame ; translated from the Japanese by Anne Ishii.
- Author
- Tagame, Gengoroh, 1964-
- Publication
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2022]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN6790.J33 T255313 2022 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Ishii, Anne
- Description
- 528 pages : black and white illustrations; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "Set in contemporary suburban Japan, Our Colors is the story of Sora Itoda: a sixteen-year-old aspiring painter who experiences his world in synaesthetic hues of blues and reds, and is governed by the emotional turbulence of being a teenager. He wants to live honestly as a young gay man in high school, but that is still not acceptable in Japanese society. His best friend and childhood confidante Nao, a young woman whom everyone thinks is (or should be) his girlfriend; and it would be the easiest thing to play along-she knows he is gay but knows, too, how difficult it is to live one's truth in his situation. Sora's world changes forever when he meets Mr. Amamiya, a middle-aged gentleman who is the owner and proprietor of a local coffee shop, and who is completely, unapologetically out as a gay man. A mentorship and platonic friendship ensues, as Sora comes out to him and agrees to paint a mural in the shop, and Mr. Amamiya counsels him about how to deal with who he is. But it won't be easy. Mr. Amamiya paid a high price for his freedom of identity, and when a figure from his past suddenly appears, the situation becomes a vivid example of just how complicated life can be"--
- Series Statement
- Pantheon Graphic Library
- Uniform Title
- Bokura no shikisai. English
- Alternative Title
- Bokura no shikisai.
- Subject
- Gay teenagers > Comic books, strips, etc
- High school boys > Comic books, strips, etc
- Homosexuality > Comic books, strips, etc
- Friendship > Comic books, strips, etc
- Self-acceptance > Comic books, strips, etc
- Synesthesia > Comic books, strips, etc
- Mentoring > Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels > Japan
- Self-perception
- Sexual and Gender Minorities
- Adolescent
- Friends
- Self Concept
- Synesthesia
- Mentoring
- Homophobia
- COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Manga / LGBTQ+
- Graphic novels
- Friendship
- Gay teenagers
- High school boys
- Homosexuality
- Self-acceptance
- Japan
- Genre/Form
- Graphic novels.
- Graphic Novel
- Fictional Work
- graphic novels.
- manga (comic books)
- Manga
- Gay comics
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Graphic novels
- Psychological comics
- Young adult fiction.
- Psychological comics.
- Gay comics.
- Manga.
- Romans graphiques.
- Romans.
- Bandes dessinées.
- Bandes dessinées psychologiques.
- Bandes dessinées homosexuelles.
- Mangas.
- Note
- "Originally published in paperback in Japan in three volumes as Bokura no shikisai by Futabasha Publishers LTD., Tokyo." -- title verso
- ISBN
- 9781524748562
- 1524748560
- 9781524748586 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2021029933
- 40031245531
- OCLC
- on1260689467
- 1260689467
- SCSB-14430252
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library