Obasan
Penguin Modern Classics Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Group Canada
- Initial publish date
- May 2017
- Category
- Historical, Literary, Cultural Heritage
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780735233706
- Publish Date
- May 2017
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
Winner of the American Book Award
Based on the author's own experiences, this award-winning novel was the first to tell the story of the evacuation, relocation, and dispersal of Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry during the Second World War.
About the author
Joy Kogawa, one of North America’s most celebrated writers, is the award-winning author of three novels, seven collections of poetry and two books for children. Obasan, which the New York Times called “a tour de force…brilliantly poetic in its sensibility,” continues to be taught across North America, and the opera based on her children’s book Naomi’s Road has toured in Canada and the United States. Kogawa has worked to educate Canadians about the history of Japanese Canadians and is a long-time activist in the areas of peace and reconciliation. In 2010, the Japanese government honoured her with the Order of the Rising Sun. Her latest book is Gently to Nagasaki.
Editorial Reviews
"This quiet novel burns in your hand." —Washington Post
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