Obasan
by Kogawa, Joy
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385468865
- ISBN 13
- 9780385468862
- Seller
-
Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Anchor, 1994. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Clean throughout.
Synopsis
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 Asian American Literature courses in the United States. In 2005, it was the One Book, One Vancouver selection.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bearly Read Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 073060
- Title
- Obasan
- Author
- Kogawa, Joy
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0385468865
- ISBN 13
- 9780385468862
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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Bearly Read Books
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...