When the Emperor Was Divine
Author: 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; th….Read More
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