When the emperor was divine

a novel

144 pages

English language

Published Oct. 3, 2003 by Anchor Books.

ISBN:
978-0-385-72181-3
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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.

6 editions

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.