{"product_id":"no-no-boy-paperback","title":"No-No Boy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Okada\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRuth Ozeki\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eLawson Fusao Inada\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNo-No Boy\u003c\/i\u003e has the honor of being among the first of what has become an entire literary canon of Asian American literature,\" writes novelist Ruth Ozeki in her new foreword. First published in 1957, \u003ci\u003eNo-No Boy\u003c\/i\u003e was virtually ignored by a public eager to put World War II and the Japanese internment behind them. It was not until the mid-1970s that a new generation of Japanese American writers and scholars recognized the novel's importance and popularized it as one of literature's most powerful testaments to the Asian American experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo-No Boy\u003c\/i\u003e 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. As Ozeki writes, Ichiro's \"obsessive, tormented\" voice subverts Japanese postwar \"model-minority\" stereotypes, showing a fractured community and one man's \"threnody of guilt, rage, and blame as he tries to negotiate his reentry into a shattered world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first edition of \u003ci\u003eNo-No Boy\u003c\/i\u003e since 1979 presents this important work to new generations of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Okada was born in Seattle in 1923. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, attended the University of Washington and Columbia University, and died of a heart attack at the age of 47. \u003ci\u003eNo-No Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is his only published novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227317813497,"sku":"9780295994048","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/M05hbnp6YlFBWFhzemNMUXg5cWhXdz09.webp?v=1768279432","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/no-no-boy-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}