Mysterious Dreams of the Dead
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Mysterious Dreams of the Dead

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Mysterious Dreams of the Dead

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At the heart of Mysterious Dreams of the Dead is the spiritual search for a father who died in a plane crash north of Lake Superior when his son was fifteen. Mike Shintani decides in his early thirties to address the curious circumstances surrounding his father's death; the senior Shintani's body was never found, and wolves circled the crash site as if guarding the area.

The impetus for Mike's search for truth is a diary he found in the basement of his home. It was obviously his father's, but it was written in Japanese. Mike never knew his father could write Japanese. He himself could neither read nor write the language. He was fortunate enough to enlist the help of Naoko Ito, a Japanese grad student at the University of Toronto. It turned out, the book was a dream diary, filled with poetry, descriptions of the surreal, and the story of a love affair with a woman named Chiemi. Chiemi is at the centre of the elder Shintani's dreams, and Naoko, after some time, seemingly disappears into thin air. Both appear as ghosts in dreams.

Another great mystery of Mike's life is the behaviour of one of his best friends, Boku Sugiura, who decides one day to rob a bank, in the name of his grandfather and redress for Japanese Canadians.

The two strains of the novel come together in Moose Jaw. Mike discovers the truth about his father's life and Boku's uncle (Daniel Sugiura from Terry's previous novel, The Three Pleasures ), a protestor in the Moose Jaw stand-off.

Through elements of the Japanese ghost story ("kwaidan"), magic realism, and Buddhist myth, secrets are revealed and explored. Mysterious Dreams of the Dead is an imaginative examination of the effects of exile, internment, and dispersal on the third-generation of Japanese Canadians (the "Sansei").

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Publisher
Anvil Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9781772142310
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Also by Terry Watada
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Prologue 1987
  8. 1. New Year’s Day 1983
  9. 2. New Year’s Day 1984
  10. 3. Summer 1987
  11. 4. Autumn 1990
  12. 5. Summer 1987
  13. 6. Autumn 1990 – Winter 1991
  14. 7. Summer 1987
  15. 8. 1990–1991
  16. 9. Summer 1987
  17. 10. January 1991
  18. 11. 1982
  19. 12. February 1991
  20. 13. Early Spring – Fall 1982
  21. 14. February 1991
  22. 15. 1982
  23. 16. March 1991
  24. 17. 1984
  25. 18. March 1991
  26. 19. 1984
  27. 20. 1991
  28. 21. April 1988
  29. 22. Beginning of April 1991
  30. 23. April 1988
  31. 24. April 1991
  32. 25. Summer 1988
  33. 26. April 1991
  34. 27. April to October 1988
  35. 28. September 1991
  36. 29. October 1988
  37. 30. September 1991
  38. 31. Fall 1946
  39. 32. Spring 1947
  40. 33. Beginning of February 1948
  41. 34. September 1991
  42. 35. October 1991
  43. 36. Spring 1992
  44. 37. 1992
  45. 38. Summer 1992
  46. Epilogue
  47. Glossary of Terms
  48. Author’s Note
  49. About the Author