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Obasan
Puffin Classics
Joy Kogawa
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
+2
Pages
384
Published
1981
Language
English
How it reads
Sad
Melancholic
Reflective
Emotional
Dual Timeline
Family Saga
Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (2)
Trauma
Abuse
Genres, subjects and places
Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, World War II +21
Genres
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
World War II
Young Adult
Subjects
18.07 English literature outside Europe and the USA
813/.54
Canada
Canadian fiction
Canadiens d'origine japonaise
Concentration camp inmates
Concentration camps
Evacuation and relocation
Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Evacuation of civilians
Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
Japanese
Japanese Canadians
Japanese Historical fiction
Romans
Romans, nouvelles
Women authors
World War (1939-1945)
+13 more
Places
Canada
Slocan Valley
Characters
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About the author
Joy Kogawa
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