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Okinawa / Susumu Higa ; translator, Jocelyne Allen
- Author
- Higa, Susumu, 1953-
- Uniform Title
- Okinawa. English
- Published
- Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, [2023]
- Physical Description
- 529, xxiii pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), color map ; 19 cm
- Additional Creators
- Allen, Jocelyne, 1974-
- Language Note
- Translated from the Japanese.
- Contents
- Book one: Sword of sand -- Book two: Mabui -- From Yamato to the United States : Okinawa in flux / Shinako Oyakawa -- Susumu Higa interview / translated by Jocelyne Allen ; conducted by Christopher Woodrow-Butcher and Andrew Woodrow-Butcher for MangasplainingExtra (MSX).
- Summary
- "This heartbreaking manga, by an award-winning cartoonist, examines the history of Okinawa and its military occupation. An essential manga classic presented in English for the first time"--
- Subject(s)
- 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945—Japan—Okinawa Island—Comic books, strips, etc
- Military occupation—Comic books, strips, etc
- Islands—Comic books, strips, etc
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945—Japon—Okinawa (Île)—Bandes dessinées
- Occupation militaire—Bandes dessinées
- Îles—Bandes dessinées
- Okinawa-shi (Japan)—Comic books, strips, etc
- Okinawa-ken (Japan)—History—20th century—Comic books, strips, etc
- Okinawa (Japon : Ken)—Histoire—20e siècle—Bandes dessinées
- Japan—Okinawa Island
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781683961185
1683961188 - Note
- "Okinawa was first published in English in digital serialization at MangasplainingExtra.com"--Colophon.
- Awards
- USBBY Outstanding International Books List, 2024.
- Endowment Note
- Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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