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read this for a canadian literature course at university: very moving, lovely prose, and a valuable insight to the japanese-canadian experience towards the end of the second world war. can definitely understand why it forms a key part in most canadian literature courses in university. perhaps quite difficult at times to tell whether the narrator is in the past or the future, but i’d say that’s definitely intentional and forms an interesting comment on different characters’ approaches to family and cultural history. 4 stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, Sexual assault