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When the Emperor Was Divine Julie Otsuka

When the Emperor Was Divine By Julie Otsuka

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka


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Summary

A novel that explores unfamiliar history - that of Japanese Americans in World War II. It uses a single family to evoke the deracination of a generation who find themselves interned in their own country.

When the Emperor Was Divine Summary

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

Julie Otsuka's commanding and passionate debut novel explores unfamiliar history - that of Japanese Americans in World War II. With crystalline intensity and precision, Otsuka uses a single family to evoke the deracination of a generation who find themselves interned in their own country. With each chapter flawlessly executed from a different point of view - the mother; the daughter; the son; the family's return to their home; and the bitter release of their father - she has created a novel of unrelenting economy and suppressed emotion. When The Emperor Was Divine is a haunting evocation of a family in wartime and an unmistakably resonant lesson for our times. It heralds the arrival of a singularly gifted new novelist.

About Julie Otsuka

Julie Otsuka lives in New York. This is her first novel.

Additional information

GOR001091032
9780141009056
0141009055
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20040112
160
N/A
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