Obasan
by Kogawa, Joy
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140067779
- ISBN 13
- 9780140067774
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Markem, Ontario, Canada: Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. In Very Good Condition. Signed By Authors. Inscribed. With Wear To Dust Jacket. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ A powerful and passionate novel, Obasan tells, through the eyes of a child, the moving story of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. Naomi is a sheltered and beloved five-year-old when Pearl Harbor changes her life. Separated from her mother, she watches bewildered as she and her family become enemy aliens, persecuted and despised in their own land. Surrounded by hardship and pain, Naomi is protected by the resolute endurance of her aunt Obasan and the silence of those around her. Only after Naomi grows up does she return to question the haunting silence.
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
- Alright Bookstore (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010986
- Title
- Obasan
- Author
- Kogawa, Joy
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0140067779
- ISBN 13
- 9780140067774
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Canada Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Markem, Ontario, Canada
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 250
- Keywords
- War, Military, Pow, Prisoner, WWWII, Teen Lit, School, Canada, Internment Camps, Novel, Fiction, War & Military, General, Historical
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Fiction;
- X weight
- 350 g
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