When the Emperor Was Divine (Random House Large Print) - Hardcover

Otsuka, Julie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375432787 ISBN 13: 9780375432781

Publisher: Random House Large Print, 2003

Synopsis

A story told from five different points of view--a mother receiving the evacuation order, her daughter on the train ride to the camp, the son in the desert internment camp, the family's return home, and the final release of the father after years in captivity--chronicles the experiences of Japanese Americans caught up in the nightmare of the World War II internment camps. A first novel. (Historical Fiction)

About this title

Review:

A remarkable, beautifully written story of panic, prejudice and shame ... outstandingly accomplished and moving (Sunday Telegraph)

An intense jewel of a book written with clarity and beauty (Marie Claire)

Vindicates the suffering of the Japanese in America . . . a blistering first novel (The Times Literary Supplement)

A compelling, powerful portrait of a terrible endurance. Terrific (The Times)

Exceptional (New Yorker)

About the Author:

Julie Otsuka was born and raised in California. She is a graduate of Yale University and received her M.F.A. from Columbia. She lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Large Print
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0375432787
• ISBN 13: 9780375432781
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 257