Obasan
by Kogawa, Joy
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385468865
- ISBN 13
- 9780385468862
- Seller
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Wheatfield, New York, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Obasan is a novel by the Japanese-Canadian author Joy Kogawa. First published by Lester and Orpen Dennys in 1981, it chronicles Canada's internment and persecution of its citizens of Japanese descent during World War II from the perspective of a young child. This book is often required reading for university English courses on Canadian Literature as well as in Ethnic Studies and Asian American Literature courses in the United States. In 2005, it was the One Book, One Vancouver selection.
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Details
- Bookseller
- A Good Read (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 173269
- Title
- Obasan
- Author
- Kogawa, Joy
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385468865
- ISBN 13
- 9780385468862
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- 0385468865
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