When the emperor was divine
Subtitle: a novel
By: Julie Otsuka.
Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed.
Publisher: Anchor Books; Anchor
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.; World War, 1939-1945 -- California -- Fiction.; Japanese American families -- Fiction.; Concentration camp inmates -- Fiction.; Concentration camps -- Fiction.; Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Roman familial.; Roman historique.; Camps de concentration -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.; Américains d'origine japonaise -- Évacuation et relogement, 1942-1945 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.; Détenus de camp de concentration -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.; Familles américaines d'origine japonaise -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.; California -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.; Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Description: Otsuka's commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any previously written--a haunting evocation of a family in wartime and an unmistakably resonant lesson for our times.