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 Séries
Cette saga émouvante explore les thèmes douloureux du déplacement et de la résilience. Elle suit l'histoire d'une famille forcée de faire face à l'injustice et à la perte pendant une période historique mouvementée. La narratrice partage des souvenirs d'enfance marqués par la perte de son foyer et de son identité, ainsi que la force tranquille qui les soutient face à l'adversité. La série explore l'impact profond du silence et des traumatismes inexprimés à travers les générations.
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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.
