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Itsuka
by
Joy Kogawa
Already a Canadian bestseller, Itsuka, the sequel to Joy Kogawa's award-winning novel Obasan, follows the character Naomi Nakane into adulthood, where she becomes involved in the movement for governmental redress. Much more overtly political than Kogawa's first novel, the story focuses on reaching that itsuka - someday - when the mistreatment of those of Japanese heritage...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
March 2nd 1992
by Viking
(first published 1992)
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This book is certainly a more political book than I expected, focusing on the redress won by Japanese Canadians in 1988 and the work that led up to that compensation. It focuses on a second generation Japanese Canadian woman who lived through the Japanese Internment Camps in WW II and is quietly fighting for redress next to her boisterous aunt.
I believe that I would have found the story boring if I weren't so interested in the political issues behind it, as there is a lack of significant moveme...more
I believe that I would have found the story boring if I weren't so interested in the political issues behind it, as there is a lack of significant moveme...more
Borrowed from public library. Adult fiction.
Sequel to Obasan. Wonderful.
Sequel to Obasan. Wonderful.
Dec 13, 2007
Brittany
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I was very disappointed in this sequel, as Obasan was a book I remembered reading in high school and liking very much. This, rather than being a personal account of someone's life, delved into something that I can't really put to paper, but I cannot say that I liked. Of course, it is possible that because this novel was so much more political than the last that is what turned me off of it, or the fact that the writing style is somewhat lacking (was I really reading something this simple my senio...more
I was disappointed
I highly recommend Joy Kogawa's novels, Obasan and Itsuka. Both novels are beautifully written and tell such a powerful narrative of the Japanese Canadian internment experience and the struggle of redress.
It began promisingly enough and then got mired in it's political message. I gave up, which I rarely do on a book, but life is too short and there are better books to spend time on.
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Joy Kogawa is best known for her award-winning novel OBASAN (1981), one of the Literary Review of Canada's 100 Most Important Canadian Books. Obasan is a lyrical and heart-rending account of the losses and suffering endured by Japanese Canadians during WWII. The story is told from the perspective of a middle-aged woman, Naomi Nakane, remembering her experiences as a young girl. Kogawa has also pub...more
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