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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

This is the story of a Japanese-American family told from different viewpoints, each entwined with precision. It is a tale of people interned in their own country - a family in wartime.

When the Emperor Was Divine Summary

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

The poignant story of a Japanese-American family separated and interred during the Second World War is the subject of Julie Otsuka 's novel. When The Emperor Was Divine examines the fate of those who are caught up in events bigger than themselves. For one middle-class Japanese family living comfortably in Berkeley, California, the weeks following Pearl Harbour turn their American dream into a nightmare. After the father is arrested and taken away, the mother can only hope that by destroying all that they have of their Japanese roots she and her children will be spared the same fate. But despite her precautions, she and her two children are taken away. Through the eyes of the children, the story follows their train journey across the United States and to a camp in the deserts of Utah, where they discover they are now the enemy. After three years, they return to their boarded and looted home. Eventually their father is returned to them, a damaged - and different - man.. Told from the perspective of each member of the family, this book reveals how it feels to be an alien in one 's own country.

About Julie Otsuka

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

Additional information

GOR003032114
9780670912636
0670912638
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
20030130
160
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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