Talk to My Back by Yamada Murasaki, translated by Ryan Holmberg [in Booklist]
22 Aug, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Repost, Translation
*STARRED REVIEW Initially serialized in Japan between 1981 and 1984, this is considered the late Yamada Murasaki’s most famous work; it’s also her first to arrive in the U.S., translated by notable manga historian Ryan Holmberg. Decades since its introduction, the slice-of-home-life bildungsroman remains hauntingly relevant...