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Cover of GrassNominee2020

Grass

by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, translation by Janet Hong, translated by Janet Hong

Nominated 3 times. Each year the judges shortlist only a handful of books in each category, so a nomination is a mark of a book the comics world rates among the best of its year.

Good for
Teens, Adults
About
Memoir and real lives, History, Manga, Science and the real world
Edition
Drawn & Quarterly / 471 pages / ISBN 9781770463622
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