Treadmill: A Documentary Novel

by Hiroshi Nakamura

Treadmill is a unique novel in many respects. Foremost is the fact that it is the only one that was written about life in the World War II camps for Japanese and Japanese Americans while that singular way of life was being played out. Nakamura captures exquisitely the thinking and mood of the people, accurately evoking the fears, anxieties, suspicions, cynicisms, and passions brought out by camp life. Nakamura almost succeeded in getting Treadmill published in the late 1940s. While editors and publishers thought well of the novel, they would not publish it as it was too sensitive an issue. Professor Peter Suzuki discovered Treadmill while he was doing some research on internment camps of Japanese Americans.

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First published January 1, 1996