Powerful, lyrical and almost unbearably sad Psychologies Powerfully moving.
It's a narrative device that gives The Buddha in the Attic a deliciously melancholy quality. Otsuka's keenly observed prose manages to capture whole histories in a sweep of gorgeous incantatory sentences Marie Claire Novels written in the first person plural are rare. Fascinating and tragic in equal measure Easy Living A tender, nuanced, empathetic exploration of the sorrows and consolations of a whole generation of women Telegraph A haunting and heartbreaking look at the immigrant experience.
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. Her second novel, "The Buddha in the Attic", was nominated for the 2011 National Book Award. She is the author of the novel "When the Emperor Was Divine", and a recipient of the Asian American Literary Award, the American Library Association Alex Award, and a Guggenheim fellowship. Julie Otsuka was born and raised in California. she conjures up the lost voices of a generation of Japanese American women without losing sight of the distinct experience of each". "A haunting and heartbreaking look at the immigrant experience.Otsuka's keenly observed prose manages to capture whole histories in a sweep of gorgeous incantatory sentences". the distaff equivalent of a war memorial". "A tender, nuanced, empathetic exploration of the sorrows and consolations of a whole generation of women.
Otsuka's haunting, heartbreaking conclusion, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, is faultless". Julie Otsuka tells their extraordinary, heartbreaking story in this spellbinding and poetic account of strangers lost and alone in a new and deeply foreign land. They were picture brides, clutching photos of husbands-to-be whom they had yet to meet. Between the first and second world wars a group of young, non-English-speaking Japanese women travelled by boat to America. Julie Otsuka's "The Buddha in the Attic", the follow-up to "When the Emperor Was Divine" was shortlisted for the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and winner of the Pen Faulkner Award for Fiction 2012.
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