Jennifer (formerly Eccentric Muse)’s answer to “where is this book set? I can think of 5 good options, but I can't figure it out, and it's kind of …” > Likes and Comments
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both jennifer and i are very familiar with US and canadian reality. jen is absolutely right.
Canadian authors often find it necessary to avoid specifying their settings as Canada. While Ozeki is very clearly drawing on many vivid details of Vancouver (where I live), she is careful to place the book in the USA, where a much larger readership exists. Of course this American setting also allows her to address aspects of American politics that I'm sure she cares deeply about
It might be Vancouver, Washington, right on the border between Washington and Oregon - across the Columbia River
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both jennifer and i are very familiar with US and canadian reality. jen is absolutely right.
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Canadian authors often find it necessary to avoid specifying their settings as Canada. While Ozeki is very clearly drawing on many vivid details of Vancouver (where I live), she is careful to place the book in the USA, where a much larger readership exists. Of course this American setting also allows her to address aspects of American politics that I'm sure she cares deeply about
It might be Vancouver, Washington, right on the border between Washington and Oregon - across the Columbia River
