Beschreibung:
John Okada. Foreword by Ruth Ozeki. Introduction by Lawson Fusao Inada and Frank Chin
Foreword / Ruth OzekiIntroduction / Lawrence Fusao InadaPrefaceNo-No BoyAfterword: In Search of John Okada / Frank Chin
""No-No Boy" tells the story of Ichiro Yamada, a fictional version of the real-life "no-no boys". Yamada answered "no" twice in a compulsory government questionnaire as to whether he would serve in the armed forces and swear loyalty to the United States. Unwilling to pledge himself to the country that interned him and his family, Ichiro earns two years in prison and the hostility of his family and community when he returns home to Seattle"--