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Minoru was born in North Vancouver, but his father took him to Japan after his mother's death in a house fire and his grandmother brought him up. Minoru talks about his experiences growing up in Japan and coming back to Canada after being part of a Japanese army.

Eleanor speaks with Vietnamese American author Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for his debut novel, The Sympathizer. Viet talks about his family's harrowing escape from Saigon, and how his dual identity influences his life and work.