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Obasan

tells the story of one such family in Canada, who repeated US efforts to detain potential Japanese loyalists and spies, regardless of their birth in that country or another. Naomi is five years old and enjoys a pleasant, safe life with her parents and older brother on the west coast of Canada in Vancouver. Unexpectedly one day, she, her brother, and aunt are taken away. Her father and uncle are separated from them at another work camp, and her pregnant mother is trapped behind in Japan following a visit to some relatives. Once Japan declares war, Naomi never sees her mother again.
Thirty years later, Naomi returns home to visit her aunt, the "" of the book's title which is a term of ...

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a thoroughly gut-wrenching story of a Japanese family's efforts to survive the trauma of separation from home and each other. Forced to live in squalid conditions, sharing quarters with complete strangers, without enough food or supplies to adequately live, what happens to the Japanese is very similar to what happened to the Jews when they were gathered, collected, and assigned quarters in the ghettos of Europe. Personal belongings - from clothing and precious jewels to sacred texts and gold-capped teeth - were stolen by the Germans. The Japanese lost a great deal, too, but where the story of and the Japanese differs is the conclusion, the ultimate loss: no Japanese were ...

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Added: 3/3/2008 05:28:14 AM
Category: Book Reports
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