The release date for the English version of 'When the Emperor Was Divine' by
Julie Otsuka is Oct 2003. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The compelling first book by Julie Otsuka presents an unparalleled picture of the Japanese incarceration camps. Otsuka used a single family to eloquently depict the "both physical and emotional" deracination of a generation of Japanese Americans with unwavering passion and clarity.
She has written a small tour de force, a novel of unrelenting economy and suppressed emotion, in five flawlessly executed chapters, each 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".
When the Emperor Was Divine is a strikingly poignant tale of a family at a period of conflict that is spare, personal, and strikingly understated. It announces the coming of a very talented new author.
taken from the hardback copy.