Winner of the American Book AwardBased 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.
Obasan Reeks
Deze aangrijpende saga duikt in de pijnlijke thema's van ontheemding en veerkracht. Het volgt het verhaal van een familie die gedwongen wordt onrecht en verlies onder ogen te zien tijdens een turbulente historische periode. De verteller deelt jeugdherinneringen, getekend door het verlies van thuis en identiteit, en de stille kracht die hen door tegenspoed heen helpt. De serie onderzoekt de diepgaande impact van stilte en onuitgesproken trauma over generaties heen.
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On the 60th anniversary of the bombing that claimed Naomi's young mother in Obasan, Joy Kogawa revisits her second novel—Itsuka—now retitled Emily Kato In Obasan, Naomi's childhood was torn apart by Canada's betrayal of Japanese Canadian citizens during the 1940s. Years later, living quietly as a schoolteacher in the prairies, Naomi suffers the passing of the dear aunt and uncle who raised her, and her wounds are reopened. But Naomi's other aunt—the feisty Emily Kato—convinces her to move to Toronto and encourages her to become involved in the Japanese Canadian fight for redress. Politically charged and intimately poetic, Emily Kato tells the story of one community's struggle for justice, extraordinary commitment, and profound hope.
