Chikara

by Robert Skimin

Book Overview

First published in 1984, this remarkable story of a Japanese American family, received accolades to this day. From 1907, through WWI, adventure and discrimination, Pearl Harbor and WWII, Hiroshima to the market battle of the 80¿s, this mighty epic is a powerful page turner. ¿absorbing¿rich in understanding of the Japanese spirit.¿ ¿Publisher¿s Weekly ¿Riveting.¿ ¿ Kansas City Star ¿for anyone who wants a good book to read.¿ ¿Houston Chronicle ¿a moving saga that makes for entertaining as well as educational reading.¿¿San Francisco Chronicle ¿A book of immense proportions and meticulous research, Skimin is a masterful storyteller.¿ ¿San Diego Union

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0523424884
• ISBN13: 9780523424880
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Best Book in the Century

Chikara is a novel filled with critical analogy, emotions of the bombing in Hiromshima, and it is of three generation that was torn a part. When the father left for America and his wife and sons had to stay back in Japan. With the different experiences that took place and the hardships one person had to go through, effected everyone in the family. This is a great book.