This beautifully illustrated graphic novel speaks to the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together even when we don’t know the words.
Trung currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His first original graphic novel, The Magic Fish, is due out Octothrough Random House Graphic, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Is there even a way to explain what he’s going through in Vietnamese? And without a way to reveal his hidden self, how will his parents ever accept him? Artist and comics creator Trung Le Nguyen produced one of the most important comics works of 2020: The Magic Fish. Trung has contributed work for Oni Press, Boom Studios, and Image Comics, largely in the romance genre. Tien and his mother may come from different cultures-she’s an immigrant from Vietnam still struggling with English he’s been raised in America-but through the fairy tales he checks out from the local library, those differences are erased.īut as much as Tien’s mother’s English continues to improve as he reads her tales of love, loss, and travel across distant shores, there’s one conversation that still eludes him-how to come out to her and his father.
“One of the most astounding graphic novels of the year" –Entertainment Weekly But how will he find the words to tell them that he’s gay? A powerful read about family, identity and the enduring magic of stories. In this gorgeous debut graphic novel, fairy tales are the only way one boy can communicate with his Vietnamese immigrant parents.
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