Obasan - by Joy Kogawa (Paperback)

Name: Obasan - by Joy Kogawa (Paperback)
Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SKU: 1002293960
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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 was born in Vancouver in 1935 to Japanese-Canadian parents.
322 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical

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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.

Review Quotes

"This quiet novel burns in your hand." --Washington Post

About the Author

Joy Kogawa was born in Vancouver in 1935 to Japanese-Canadian parents. During WWII, Joy and her family were forced to move to Slocan, British Columbia, an injustice Kogawa addresses in her award-winning novel, Obasan. Kogawa has worked to educate Canadians about the history of Japanese Canadians and she was active in the fight for official governmental redress.

In 1986, Kogawa was made a Member of the Order of Canada and in 2010, the Japanese government honored her with the Order of the Rising Sun "for her contribution to the understanding and preservation of Japanese Canadian history."

Dimensions (Overall): 7.84 Inches (H) x 6.06 Inches (W) x .69 Inches (D)

Weight: .53 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 322

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Historical

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Joy Kogawa

Language: English

Street Date: December 27, 1993

TCIN: 1002293960

UPC: 9780385468862

Item Number (DPCI): 247-36-4483

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.69 inches length x 6.06 inches width x 7.84 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 0.53 pounds

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