Based on a true story, Julie Otsuka's powerful, deeply humane novel tells of an unjustly forgotten episode in America's wartime history.
Julie Otsuka was born and raised in California. She is the author of the novel When the Emperor Was Divine, and a recipient of the Asian American Literary Award, the American Library Association Alex Award, and a Guggenheim fellowship. Her second novel, The Buddha in the Attic, was nominated for the 2011 National Book Award. She lives in New York City.
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*
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