| Description |
528 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
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Pages numbered from right to left. |
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Chiefly illustrations. |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Gay artists -- Fiction.
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Gay artists -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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High schools -- Fiction.
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High schools -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Schools -- Fiction.
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Schools -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Genre |
Graphic novels.
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| Added Author |
Ishii, Anne, translator.
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| Added Title |
Bokura no shikisai. English.
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| ISBN |
9781524748562 (hardcover) |
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