Be it ever so humble
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni36528
- Date
- June / July 2004
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver - Marpole
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- "In 1981 Joy Kogawa wrote 'Obasan', a novel based on her experience of being interned with her family and thousands of other Japanese Canadians during World War ll. In 2003, she returned from her home in Toronto to 1450 West 64th Street in Vancouver, the house the federal government confiscated in …
- Role
- Author
- Date
- June / July 2004
- Period
- 1942-1945
- Person
- Kogawa, Joy
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver - Marpole
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- Source Title
- Beaver
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 12
- Abstract
- "In 1981 Joy Kogawa wrote 'Obasan', a novel based on her experience of being interned with her family and thousands of other Japanese Canadians during World War ll. In 2003, she returned from her home in Toronto to 1450 West 64th Street in Vancouver, the house the federal government confiscated in 1942 when she was seven years old and which was the model for one of the settings in 'Obasan'."