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John Okada
The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-no Boy
Frank Abe, Greg Robinson, Floyd Cheung
University of Washington Press · Print & ebook · July 3, 2018
Reading lane: Japanese Literary Criticism
No-No Boy , John Okada?s only published novel, centers on a Japanese American who refuses to fight for the country that incarcerated him and his people in World War II and, upon release from federal prison after the war, is cast out by his divided community.
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- Authors
- Frank Abe, Greg Robinson, Floyd Cheung
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Published
- July 3, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Japanese Literary Criticism · Japanese Literary Collections
- Reading lane
- Japanese Literary Criticism
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Writers' Lives
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Asian American Studies
About This Book
No-No Boy , John Okada?s only published novel, centers on a Japanese American who refuses to fight for the country that incarcerated him and his people in World War II and, upon release from federal prison after the war, is cast out by his divided community. In 1957, the novel faced a similar rejection until it was rediscovered and reissued in 1976 to become a celebrated classic of American literature. As a result of Okada?s untimely death at age forty-seven, the author?s li...
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