Obasan
Douban
A moving novel of a time and a suffering we have tried to forget.
Joy Kogawa
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The powerful tale of a japanese-Canadian girl, who survives the hardships of a WW II internment camp with the support of her strong aunt, Obasan.
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This powerful, passionate and highly acclaimed novel tells, through the eyes of a child, the moving story of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War.
Naomi is a sheltered and beloved 5 year old when Pearl Harbor changes her life. Separated from her mother, she watches bewildered as she and her family become enemy aliens, persecuted and despised in their own land.
Surrounded by hardship and pain, Naomi is protected by the resolute endurance of her aunt, Obasan, and the silence of those around her. Only after Naomi grows up, does she return to question that haunting silence.