Hiroshima Bomb Money by Terry Watada

Hiroshima Bomb Money by Terry Watada

Through the lives of three siblings living in Hiroshima, Japan, Terry Watada explores the sweep of history during the years 1930 to 1945, known in Japan as the Fifteen Year War. The youngest, Chisato Akamatsu, travels to Canada looking for a new life and runs into unexpected brutalities in immigration, a troubled marriage and the humiliation of the internment in her new home during World War Two. Hideki, the only brother, joins the military to fight for the Emperor and find glory in China. What he finds is the fallacy of patriotism, the brutality of war, and the futility of existence. Chiemi, the oldest, was in the city when to the atom bomb hit. She then desperately searches for her twin babies. The three encapsulate the hopes, fears, dreams, the inhumanity of the period and resiliency of humans caught in historic eventsThe bomb money, a mass of melted coins found after the bomb blast, stands as a symbol of the fate of the family. In his fourth novel, Canadian poet, dramatist, and novelist Terry Watada delves into the Pacific War, looking at WI from a Japanese perspective, unique in Canadian literature.

Watada, Terry: - Terry Watada is a Toronto poet, novelist, playwright and essayist, and historian, musician and composer, with numerous publications to his credit. Five of his plays have received mainstage production. He contributes a monthly column to The Bulletin, a national Japanese Canadian community paper. For his writing, music and community volunteerism, he was recently awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. His published works include THE GAME OF 100 GHOSTS (TSAR Publications, 2014), The Sword, the Medal and the Rosary (2013), The TBC: the Toronto Buddhist Church, 1995-2010 (2010); Kuroshio: The Blood of Foxes (2007); Obon: the Festival of the Dead (2006); Ten Thousand Views of Rain (2001), and A Thousand Homes (1995).

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ISBN 13	9781774391006
ISBN 10	1774391007
Title	Hiroshima Bomb Money
Author	Terry Watada
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	NeWest Press
Year published	2024-10-01
Number of pages	352
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