num_pages: 250
description: Joy Kogawa, a superbly gifted poet and writer, is a Nisei, the child of Japanese immigrant parents. Obasan, her first novel, recovers the truth about what happened to her, her family, and her people in Canada during the Second World War.
language: English
title: Obasan
titlecomplete: Obasan
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Canadian Literature, Canada, Japan, School, Classics, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 7616
places: Alberta
series: Obasan
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: American Book Award, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Canadian Authors Association Award
category: Fiction
publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher