| Comfort Woman Contributor(s): Keller, Nora Okja (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140263357 ISBN-13: 9780140263350 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: Possessing a wisdom and maturity rarely found in a first novelist, Korean-American writer Nora Okja Keller tells the heart-wrenching and enthralling tale of Akiko, a Korean refugee of World War II, who was forced to serve as a "comfort woman" to Japanese soldiers. "A poignant and impressive debut".--"The Los Angeles Times". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96035458 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.1" W x 7.76" (0.43 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Cultural Region - Oceania - Ethnic Orientation - Korean - Geographic Orientation - Hawaii |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Possessing a wisdom and maturity rarely found in a first novelist, Korean-American writer Nora Okja Keller tells a heartwrenching and enthralling tale in this, her literary debut. Comfort Woman is the story of Akiko, a Korean refugee of World War II, and Beccah, her daughter by an American missionary. The two women are living on the edge of society--and sanity--in Honolulu, plagued by Akiko's periodic encounters with the spirits of the dead, and by Beccah's struggles to reclaim her mother from her past. Slowly and painfully Akiko reveals her tragic story and the horrifying years she was forced to serve as a comfort woman to Japanese soldiers. As Beccah uncovers these truths, she discovers her own strength and the secret of the powers she herself possessed--the precious gifts her mother has given her. A San Francisco Chronicle bestseller In 1995, Nora Okja Keller received the Pushcart Prize for Mother Tongue, a piece that is part of Comfort Woman. |