Description
In this luminous debut graphic novel, a young Vietnamese American boy named Tien finds that fairy tales are the bridge between his world and his parents’—especially when language still feels like a wall. As he immerses himself in stories from the library, he learns how love, longing, and change travel across cultures, but one conversation remains out of reach: how to tell his parents he’s gay. With each page, the narrative weaves together family history, immigrant experience, and the search for self, showing how identity can be both deeply personal and profoundly shared. Trung Le Nguyen’s lyrical, art-forward storytelling captures the tenderness—and the stakes—of being understood, making this a moving meditation on belonging, acceptance, and the enduring magic of stories.
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paperback
Penguin Random House LLC
Published Jan 1, 2020
ISBN: 9781984851598
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First Published
2020
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen.