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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 courses in the United States. In 2005, it was the One Book, One Vancouver selection.

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  • Obasan
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  • 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 courses in the United States. In 2005, it was the One Book, One Vancouver selection.
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  • Asian Studies
Release Date
  • 1981(xsd:integer)
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Name
  • Obasan
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  • Print
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Preceded By
  • Jericho Road
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  • 1(xsd:integer)
Pages
  • 250300(xsd:integer)
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  • 421601187(xsd:integer)
Publisher
  • Lester & Orpen Dennys , Penguin Canada , Anchor Books
English Release Date
  • 1981(xsd:integer)
Followed By
  • Woman in the Woods
ISBN
  • ISBN 0-919630-42-1 , ISBN 0-14-305502-X , ISBN 0-385-46886-5
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  • 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 courses in the United States. In 2005, it was the One Book, One Vancouver selection. Kogawa uses strong imagery of silence, stones and streams throughout the novel. Themes depicted in the novel include memory and forgetting, prejudice and tolerance, identity, and justice versus injustice. Kogawa contemplates many of these themes in her poetry as well.
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