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The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka
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Description for The Buddha in the Attic
Paperback. Between the first and second world wars a group of young, non-English-speaking Japanese women travelled by boat to America. They were picture brides, clutching photos of husbands-to-be whom they had yet to meet. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
'An understated masterpiece' San Francisco Chronicle
'Her wisdom is staggeringly beautiful, implicating each of us' Irish Times
After the First World War, a group of young women is brought by boat from Japan to San Francisco. They are picture brides, promised the American Dream, clutching photographs of the husbands they have yet to meet, imagining uncertain futures on unknown shores.
Struggling to master a new language and culture, they experience tremulous first nights as new wives, backbreaking work in the fields and in the homes of white women, and, later, the raising of children who will ultimately ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241956489
SKU
9780241956489
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99-1
About Julie Otsuka
Julie Otsuka was born and raised in California. She pursued a career as a painter for several years before turning to fiction writing at age 30. She is the author of When the Emperor Was Divine, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, The Buddha in the Attic, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2012, and ... Read more
Reviews for The Buddha in the Attic
Sweeping, symphonic, empathic . . . subtle, infinitely skilful . . . an exhilarating, compulsive read. Otsuka's haunting, heartbreaking conclusion, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, is faultless
Daily Mail
Paints a poignant, moving portrait of immigration by deftly weaving together a chorus of voices. Fascinating and tragic in equal measure
Easy Living
A tender, nuanced, ... Read more
Daily Mail
Paints a poignant, moving portrait of immigration by deftly weaving together a chorus of voices. Fascinating and tragic in equal measure
Easy Living
A tender, nuanced, ... Read more