{"product_id":"when-the-emperor-was-divine-1","title":"When the Emperor Was Divine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e When the Emperor Was Divine (Paperback,  – Random House Audio, 2003) – Random House Audio, 2003. Language: Eng.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulie 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Julie Otsuka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52369989337370,"sku":"9780739307915","price":146.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/2699\/9322\/files\/412GD9AEQSL.jpg?v=1781777245","url":"https:\/\/medicampus.store\/products\/when-the-emperor-was-divine-1","provider":"medicampus.store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}