The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka (2012, Paperback)

Description: Excellent condition. Very minimal wear. A few ink notations on some pages. No odors or water damage.The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka (2012, Paperback)Books > Fiction & LiteratureSynopsisFinalist for the 2011 National Book Award A gorgeous novel by the celebrated author of When the Emperor Was Divinethat tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago. In eight unforgettable sections, The Buddha in the Attictraces the extraordinary lives of these women, from their arduous journeys by boat, to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; from their experiences raising children who would later reject their culture and language, to the deracinating arrival of war. Once again, Julie Otsuka has written a spellbinding novel about identity and loyalty, and what it means to be an American in uncertain times.,Finalist for the 2011 National Book Award Julie Otsuka's long awaited follow-up to When the Emperor Was Divine("To watch Emperorcatching on with teachers and students in vast numbers is to grasp what must have happened at the outset for novels like Lord of the Fliesand To Kill a Mockingbird" - The New York Times) is a tour de force of economy and precision, a novel that tells the story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as 'picture brides' nearly a century ago. In eight incantatory sections, The Buddha in the Attictraces their extraordinary lives, from their arduous journey by boat, where they exchange photographs of their husbands, imagining uncertain futures in an unknown l'§ to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; to their backbreaking work picking fruit in the fields and scrubbing the floors of white women; to their struggles to master a new language and a new culture; to their experiences in childbirth, and then as mothers, raising children who will ultimately reject their heritage and their history; to the deracinating arrival of war. In language that has the force and the fury of poetry, Julie Otsuka has written a singularly spellbinding novel about the American dream. From the Hardcover edition.,Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award For FictionNational Book Award and "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize FinalistA "New York Times" Notable Book A gorgeous novel by the celebrated author of "When the Emperor Was Divine" that tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as picture brides nearly a century ago. In eight unforgettable sections, "The Buddha in the Attic" traces the extraordinary lives of these women, from their arduous journeys by boat, to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; from their experiences raising children who would later reject their culture and language, to the deracinating arrival of war. Once again, Julie Otsuka has written a spellbinding novel about identity and loyalty, and what it means to be an American in uncertain times."

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