Anshu: Dark Sorrow

Anshu: Dark Sorrow

Winner of the Hawaiâ€˜i Book Publishers Association Ka Palapala Poâ€˜okela Award for Excellence in Literature

Based on historical events, Anshu is a tale of passion and human triumph in the face of extraordinary adversity, spanning the cane fields of Hawaiâ€˜i and the devastation in Hiroshima. A pregnant, unmarried Hilo teenager, Himiko Aoki, finds her Hawaiâ€˜i Japanese American identity clashing with Japanâ€™s cultural norms when she is sent to live with relatives in Tokyo in 1941 and becomes trapped there with the outbreak of war. When America drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Himiko finds herself adapting in unexpected ways just to survive.

This publication was made possible with support from the Cooke Foundation, the Mayorâ€™s Office of Culture & the Arts (MOCA), the Hawaiâ€˜i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Country USA
Manufacturer Bamboo Ridge Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-09-16
Format Kindle eBook

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