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Our colors / Gengoroh Tagame ; translated from the Japanese by Anne Ishii.

Tagame, Gengoroh, 1964- (author,, artist.). Tagame, Gengoroh. Bokura no shikisai. English. (Added Author). Ishii, Anne, (translator.).

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 toplay 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781524748562 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1524748560 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 528 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Translation of: Bokura no shikisai.
Pages numbered from right to left.
Chiefly illustrations.
Subject: Gay artists > Fiction.
Gay artists > Comic books, strips, etc.
High schools > Fiction.
High schools > Comic books, strips, etc.
Schools > Fiction.
Schools > Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre: Graphic novels.

Available copies

  • 5 of 6 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC OUR (Text) 50686016189743 Young Adult Fiction In Transit -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library AGN TAG (Text) 37268003159472 AHMFL Adult Graphic Novels Available -
Pottsville Free Public Library FIC Rotating OUR 1 R33 (Text) 30003009121953 Rotating Graphic Novels Available -
Shamokin Coal Twp Public Library ROTATING GRAPHIC NOVEL TAG (Text) 23175000589906 Rotating Available -
Easton Main Library TAGAME (Text) 31901004639912 Graphic Novels Available -
Hughes Library 741.5 TAG (Text) 32378005125341 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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