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Comfort Woman

Comfort Woman

Comfort Woman
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Comfort Woman

by Keller, Nora Okja

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ISBN 10
1860498744
ISBN 13
9781860498749
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London, England: Virago Press Ltd. Very Good+. 2001. Softcover. 9781860498749 . Cover has barely noticeable scuff at corners. ; Cover and text are unmarked and clean. ; 0.71 x 7.64 x 4.96 Inches; 224 pages .

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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 bestsellerIn 1995, Nora Okja Keller received the Pushcart Prize for "Mother Tongue", a piece that is part of Comfort Woman.

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Bookseller
Silver Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
2854
Title
Comfort Woman
Author
Keller, Nora Okja
Format/Binding
Softcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
1860498744
ISBN 13
9781860498749
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Place of Publication
London, England
Date Published
2001
Keywords
9781860498749

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