![]() "Serialized in 1980s Japan, Yamada’s hushed vignettes about Chiharu’s home life – raising her daughters, enduring her husband’s casual disrespect, finding independence through work of her own – stood out in a male-oriented publishing landscape. ![]() "This groundbreaking alternative manga moves with a spare poetry through daily routines and moments of solitude as a woman wrangles her children, chafes at the limitations of the housewife’s role and wonders where half her life has gone." - Guardian Best Graphic Novels of 2022 "This early feminist manga follows a suburban Tokyo woman as she navigates her relationship with an emotionally distant husband, her two maturing daughters and the fear of having been 'thrown away inside that empty vessel called the household.'" - The New York Times ![]() Globe and Mail Top 5 Graphic Novels of 2022, Guardian Best Graphic Novels of 2022 A watershed work of literary manga, Talk to My Back was serialized in the influential magazine Garo in the early 1980s, and is translated by Eisner-nominated Ryan Holmberg. Yamada was the first cartoonist in Japan to use the expressive freedoms of alt-manga to address domesticity and womanhood in a realistic, critical, and sustained way. Yamada saves her harshest criticisms for society at large, particularly its false promises of eternal satisfaction within the nuclear family - as fears of having been "thrown away inside that empty vessel called the household" gnaw at Chiharu's soul. When her husband has an affair, Chiharu feels that she, too, has broken the marital contract by straying from the template of the happy housewife. While engaging frankly with the compromises of marriage and motherhood, Yamada remains generous with the characters who fetter her protagonist. Set in an apartment complex on the outskirts of Tokyo, Murasaki Yamada's Talk to My Back (1981-84) explores the fraying of Japan's suburban middle-class dreams through a woman's relationship with her two daughters as they mature and assert their independence, and with her husband, who works late and sees his wife as little more than a domestic servant. "Now that we've woken from the dream, what are we going to do?" Chiharu thinks to herself, rubbing her husband's head affectionately. The bar has cocktail list (mai tais, zombies) that would make Trader Vic's fans happy.A celebrated masterwork shimmering with vulnerability from one of alt-manga's most important female artists. The hibachi grill is behind one half of the sushi bar, so you can watch as chefs flash-grill shrimp, chicken, beef and pork for bento boxes and as sushi chefs assemble the maki rolls. ![]() Cool green tones, a backlit bar and clean lines make for a sophisticated atmopshere, yet the menu and the prices are family friendly. "Chef-owner Doug Nguyen, who also owns Wasabi in Nyack, brings a modern twist to hibachi. Come early for the food, stay lateĪccording to LoHUD Critic Liz Johnson, Wasabi sushi is fun! Only one world-class Japanese restaurant, Wasabi.Īs a renowned destination for sushi, Wasabi's fishĭirectly from the Hunt's Point Market, less thanģ0 minutes away, allowing them to reach your tableīut Wasabi is more than just food, it's the focusĪnd centerpiece of Nyacks' late night party sceneĪnd bar culture. While you'll discover that there are lots of greatĮateries in this exciting little town, there is Close to New York, a few minutesĪrea has long been a mecca for great restaurants In the center of the action and totally in the swing
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