Frances Itani, 2011
During World War II, Canada interned
citizens of Japanese descent, just as the United States did. Here,
Itani recaptures history through fiction by imagining the story of young
Bin Okuma and his family, who were transported from their British
Columbia home to a desolate area 100 miles from the "Protected Zone" and
only grudgingly given access to food, plumbing, and electricity. Fifty
years later, after his wife dies, Bin returns to the area, hoping to
find the father whose awful decision at the time nearly destroyed the
family.
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