num_pages: 300
description: Winner of the American Book AwardBased 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.
language: English
title: Obasan
titlecomplete: Obasan
genres: Canada, Historical, Historical Fiction, Canadian Literature, School, Japan, Classics, War, Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 7614
places: Alberta
series: Obasan
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: American Book Award, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Canadian Authors Association Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Anchor