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by Joy Kogawa

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Based 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.

Synopsis:

Based on the author's own experiences, this story of the evacuation, relocation, and dispersal of Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry during WWII is "a tour de force, a deeply felt novel, brilliantly poetic in its sensibility" (The New York Times Book Review)
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780385468862
Author:
Kogawa, Joy
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Canada
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Japanese
Subject:
World war, 1939-1945
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Adult
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada -- Fiction.
Subject:
World War, 19
Subject:
Concentration camps
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
1993
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
[no. 27]
Publication Date:
19931231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
7.84x6.06x.69 in. .53 lbs.
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