| When the Emperor Was Divine Contributor(s): Otsuka, Julie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0756966388 ISBN-13: 9780756966386 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $25.46 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: October 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 810 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 8" (0.55 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 68644 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |