Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780140067774ISBN:0140067779
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. -, Mass Market PaperBack, Very Good / read more
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"Haunting story of the experience of a Japanese family living in war-time Canada (WWII). All of the characters are well drawn and movingly described as well as their lives in relocation camps. Also described -- the language of silence. The language is poetic and made me want to read the sequel."
"Obasan looks at a dark page of Canadian and US history that makes modern-day caucasians uncomfortable - the racist treatment of Japanese-Canadians and Japanese-Americans during WWII. While the treatment of Japanese-Canadians was far, far less abhorent than the Nazi treatment of Jews, the fact that a society of educated intelligent people could so easily accept and participate in racist oppression of their neighbours and fellow citizens is truly distressing. One hopes that modern Canadians would never be susceptible to allowing such oppression again, but..."
"Just re-read this for the first time since college. It's so beautiful and heart-wrenching. Wondering why it isn't more widely read or taught? Maybe because it focuses on the internment and displacement of Japanese Canadians rather that Japanese Americans."
"Powerful novel about a Japanese Canadian family during WW2 and aftermath. Canada's exclusion and internment policies were draconian, even more so than the US's, and this book explores the traumas inflicted by those policies. The conclusion of the novel unravels a mystery that is as shocking as it is heartbreaking."
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