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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:When the Emperor Was Divineby Julie Otsuka
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Julie Otsuka's commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any we have ever seen. With crystalline intensity and precision, Otsuka uses a single family to evoke the deracination — both physical and emotional — of a generation of Japanese Americans. In five chapters, each flawlessly executed from a different point of view — the mother receiving the order to evacuate; the daughter on the long train ride to the camp; the son in the desert encampment; the family's return to their home; and the bitter release of the father after more than four years in captivity — she has created a small tour de force, a novel of unrelenting economy and suppressed emotion. Spare, intimate, arrestingly understated, 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. Review:"Shockingly brilliant.... Review:"The novel's voice is as hushed as a whisper....An exquisite debut...potent, spare, crystalline." O, The Oprah Magazine Review:"[T]he narrative remains stubbornly at the surface...never finding a way to go deeper, to a place where the attention will be held rigid and the heart seized. Earnestly done, and correctly, but information trumps drama, and the heart is left out." Kirkus Reviews Review:"Heartbreaking, bracingly unsentimental.... Review:"At once delicately poetic and unstintingly unsentimental." St. Petersburg Times Review:"Prose so cool and precise that it's impossible not to believe what Review:"Otsuka...demonstrates a breathtaking restraint and delicacy throughout this supple and devastating first novel." Donna Seaman, Booklist Review:"The novel's themes of freedom and banishment are especially important as we see civil liberties threatened during the current war on terrorism. Otsuka's clear, elegant prose makes these themes accessible....Highly recommended." Library Journal Synopsis:Julie Otsuka’s commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any we have ever seen. With crystalline intensity and precision, Otsuka uses a single family to evoke the deracination—both physical and emotional—of a generation of Japanese Americans. In five chapters, each flawlessly executed from a different point of view—the mother receiving the order to evacuate; the daughter on the long train ride to the camp; the son in the desert encampment; the family’s return to their home; and the bitter release of the father after more than four years in captivity—she has created a small tour de force, a novel of unrelenting economy and suppressed emotion. Spare, intimate, arrestingly understated, 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. From the Hardcover edition. About the AuthorJulie 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. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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