The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories av Rumi Hara

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<p><b>An immigrant weaves a new, surreal Americana, complete with bubblegum fights and bomb queens.<br></b><br>Rarely does a new talent arrive in the medium as unmistakably distinct as Rumi Hara. With immersive art and a clear-eyed storytelling rhythm, her uncategorizable debut, <i>Nori</i>, put her playful cartooning on display. Her new collection, <i>The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories</i>, delights with equal mischievousness.<br><br><i>The Peanutbutter Sisters </i>is a glorious balance of contradictions, at once escapism and realism, science fiction and slice of life. Two students explore the urban landscape while following Newton Creek, the polluted Queens-Brooklyn border. As they do, they plan a traditional Japanese play with contemporary pop culture. Another story features an intergalactic race of all living things set in the year 2099 and is a dazzling treatise on the environment and journalism. Yet sometimes the fantastical collides with the quotidian in the sam