Obasan: Penguin Modern Classics Edition
by Kogawa, Joy
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0735233705
- ISBN 13
- 9780735233706
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About This Item
Penguin Books Canada, 2017. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Obasan: Penguin Modern Classics Edition
- Author
- Kogawa, Joy
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0735233705
- ISBN 13
- 9780735233706
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Canada
- Date Published
- 2017
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