Adrian Tomine is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and lives in Brooklyn, New York. His illustrations have appeared in myriad publications, including The New Yorker, Esquire, and Rolling Stone, and his stories have appeared in The Best American Nonrequired Reading and An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories.
"Adrian Tomine . . . may be the best prose writer of the bunch. His
young people, falling in and out of relationships, paralyzed by
shyness and self-consciousness, take on a certain dignity and
individuality." --Charles McGrath, The New York Times
Magazine"[Shortcomings] follows moody movie-theater owner Ben
Tanaka, who struggles to hang on to his Asian girlfriend while
secretly lusting after white ladies. He's sad and somewhat
despicable, and yet Tomine, being the understated virtuoso he is,
effortlessly spins him into a Gen-X hero." --Entertainment
Weekly
Adrian Tomine . . . may be the best prose writer of the bunch. His
young people, falling in and out of relationships, paralyzed by
shyness and self-consciousness, take on a certain dignity and
individuality. Charles McGrath, The New York Times Magazine
[Shortcomings] follows moody movie-theater owner Ben Tanaka, who
struggles to hang on to his Asian girlfriend while secretly lusting
after white ladies. He's sad and somewhat despicable, and yet
Tomine, being the understated virtuoso he is, effortlessly spins
him into a Gen-X hero. Entertainment Weekly"
Adrian Tomine . . . may be the best prose writer of the bunch. His
young people, falling in and out of relationships, paralyzed by
shyness and self-consciousness, take on a certain dignity and
individuality. "Charles McGrath, The New York Times Magazine"
["Shortcomings"] follows moody movie-theater owner Ben Tanaka, who
struggles to hang on to his Asian girlfriend while secretly lusting
after white ladies. He's sad and somewhat despicable, and yet
Tomine, being the understated virtuoso he is, effortlessly spins
him into a Gen-X hero. "Entertainment Weekly""
"Adrian Tomine . . . may be the best prose writer of the bunch. His
young people, falling in and out of relationships, paralyzed by
shyness and self-consciousness, take on a certain dignity and
individuality." --Charles McGrath, "The New York Times
Magazine"
"["Shortcomings"] follows moody movie-theater owner Ben Tanaka, who
struggles to hang on to his Asian girlfriend while secretly lusting
after white ladies. He's sad and somewhat despicable, and yet
Tomine, being the understated virtuoso he is, effortlessly spins
him into a Gen-X hero." --"Entertainment Weekly"
" Adrian Tomine . . . may be the best prose writer of the bunch.
His young people, falling in and out of relationships, paralyzed by
shyness and self-consciousness, take on a certain dignity and
individuality." -- Charles McGrath, "The New York Times
Magazine"
" ["Shortcomings"] follows moody movie-theater owner Ben Tanaka,
who struggles to hang on to his Asian girlfriend while secretly
lusting after white ladies. He's sad and somewhat despicable, and
yet Tomine, being the understated virtuoso he is, effortlessly
spins him into a Gen-X hero." -- "Entertainment Weekly"
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