Obasan

Joy Kogawa, English
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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.

Joy Kogawa was born in Vancouver in 1935 to Japanese Canadian parents. During World War II, 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….

Key specifications

Language
English
Item number
7724555

General information

Publisher
Penguin Random House
Category
Other literature
Manufacturer no.
9780385468862
Release date
15.12.1993

Book properties

Book type
Children's book
Language
English
Author
Joy Kogawa
Year
1993
Number of pages
300
Book cover
Paperback
Year
1993

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Product dimensions

Height
204 mm
Width
131 mm
Weight
242 g

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