When
the Emperor was Divine
By: Julie Otsuka
Genre: historical fiction
Pages: 144
Published: 2003
Read: April
4 out of 5
What I loved most
about this story was that each of the 5 chapters was told from a different
family member’s perspective. Told chronologically through one Japanese family’s
experience of the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack – from the news of
evacuation (mother), the train ride (the daughter), the camp (the son),
arriving home (family), to the father’s reunion (the father) – this novel is a
true eye opener. Otsuka gracefully tells this fictional family’s story of one
of the world’s most tragic events. I loved
the strength, uniqueness, and bluntness of each character. It took a long time to get adjusted to all
the main characters not having names, but then I realized it was probably
because this could have been any family and not a specific family.
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