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When the Emperor Was Divine
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Julie Otsuka
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Publication date
October 14, 2003
Binding
Prebinding
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780613998857
ISBN-10
0613998855
Dimensions
0.50 by 6 by 8 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
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Original list price
$20.40
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product 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.
Editions
CD/Spoken Word
With Elaina Erika Davis (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Random House (March 1, 2005)
9780739320969 | details & prices | List price $14.99
About: Julie Otsukaâs commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any we have ever seen.
About: Julie Otsukaâs commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any we have ever seen.
Unabridged edition from Random House (October 1, 2003)
9780739307915 | details & prices | 4.75 × 5.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $23.95
About: A story told from five different points of view chronicles the experiences of Japanese Americans caught up in the nightmare of the World War II internment camps.
About: A story told from five different points of view chronicles the experiences of Japanese Americans caught up in the nightmare of the World War II internment camps.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (November 1, 2003)
9780606295574 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $20.06
About: A story told from five different points of view chronicles the experiences of Japanese Americans caught up in the nightmare of the World War II internment camps.
About: A story told from five different points of view chronicles the experiences of Japanese Americans caught up in the nightmare of the World War II internment camps.
Prebinding
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from Turtleback Books (October 14, 2003)
9780613998857 | details & prices | 6.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $20.40
About: Julie Otsuka's commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any we have ever seen.
About: Julie Otsuka's commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any we have ever seen.
from Turtleback Books (October 14, 2003)
9781417622061 | details & prices | 144 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $23.25
About: A story told from five different points of view chronicles the experiences of Japanese Americans caught up in the nightmare of the World War II internment camps.
About: A story told from five different points of view chronicles the experiences of Japanese Americans caught up in the nightmare of the World War II internment camps.
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