Comfort Woman Nora Okja Keller

Household is interwoven with chapters in which akiko relates the appalling story of her wartime experiences as a comfort woman.

Comfort woman nora okja keller. Akiko had been sold into prostitution during world war ii when still a child. In her haunting debut novel korean american keller tells of the complex loving bond between a mother and daughter. Comfort woman is nora okja keller s debut into full length literature.

Comfort woman i by nora okja keller i i viking. Comfort woman is the story of akiko a korean refugee of world war ii and beccah her daughter by an american missionary. Using alternating points of view keller tells the story of beccah a korean american woman born and raised in hawaii and her korean mother akiko.

Nora okja keller was born in seoul korea and now lives in hawaii with her husband and two daughters. Following her award winning short story mother tongue comfort woman stays true to keller s mission to speak the unspeakable concerning the plight of japanese women throughout history.