“The lie is alive in the world. It was there in Nazi #Germany. It‘s in #SouthAfrica. In #LatinAmerica. In every country in the world...Because there are many many people intent on defending the oppressor‘s rights no matter what the truth, and they are in places of #power.”
*sigh*
Why must power always seem to win over morality?
If you would have told me ahead of time that this novel would be #political in style, I certainly would not have read it now. However, I‘m rooting for the #Japanese #Canadians to get redress from the Canadian government. I know what happened in real life. I want to see how the action plays out in the rest of this novel, though. I‘m enjoying this read very much so far.
This part of the book is about #Japanese #Canadians meeting to form a grass roots movement seeking redress for the measures taken by the Canadian government against Japanese Canadians after #WorldWarII. What particularly struck me was the label “radicals” applied to that grass roots movement seeking political clout. Sadly, this label is more widely used than solely in Canada‘s history.
“Some people walk with such confidence, boldly down the winding pathways of their fairytales right through to the clearing and the sunset. My walk, by contrast, is a stroll along a stretch of sand. Pebbles. Sea and sky. Minimal vegetation. It‘s a life that is more uneventful than most people could dream possible.”
“The pathway of salvation is lined with slogans and stones. At times, there‘s a grating sound in the air and the sharp two-edged sword of the word of God clanks like a medieval weapon. It‘s the way the words are used that sounds the war cry and makes a cudgel of the words of love. There is a spiritual one-upmanship in the call to humility, a ferocious salesmanship...”
“ ‘Nh.‘ I‘ve never been adept at the art of conversation”
😃
I just started this book today and know I‘ll like it. I enjoyed reading Obasan, another book by this same author in the past.
Itsuka | 
