Poignantly, the story’s determined brush strokes speak of quiet perseverance, underscoring the sense of loss, of talent suspended. Itani-who married into a family of Japanese Canadians-relates an evocative and cinematic tale that sweeps between the harsh treatment and conditions Japanese Canadians endured and the emotional internment that continues to haunt Bin to the present day. The journey in Itani’s latest novel becomes, as so many journeys do, a time to confront and release painful memories.īin’s family history is tied to the internment of Japanese Canadians following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, and to the choices families were forced to make. When his wife suddenly dies of a stroke just shy of her 50th birthday, Bin Okuma and his son Greg cope with the shock and loss in their own ways: Greg by returning to his studies on the East Coast Bin, a visual artist, by driving across Canada to the opposite coast ostensibly to complete works for an upcoming exhibit.
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