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The Buddha in the Attic

Almost like a mesmerizing chant, Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in the Attic will hypnotize you with its lilting monologue and heart-wrenching imagery.  The voices of Japanese “picture brides… more →

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The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka — 6 comments

Naomi wrote 2 months ago: The Buddha in the Attic, Julie Otsuka Knopf, 129 pages ISBN 9780307700001 On a boat crossing the Pac … more →

Tags: Current Reviews, Marriage, Book Review, internment camp, racism, The Buddha in the Attic, julie otsuka, California

Julie Otsuka's 'The Buddha in the Attic to win PEN/Faulkner

eneryvibes wrote 1 year ago: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka has been selected as the winner of the 2012 PEN/ Faulkner Aw … more →

Tags: News, 2012 PEN/ Faulkner Award for Fiction, Books, California, early twentieth century, Fiction, Japan, julie otsuka, Literature

Book Review: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka — 2 comments

bookmagnet wrote 1 year ago: Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic (Knopf; 144 pages; $22).             I am glad I was not one o … more →

Tags: Book Review, Books, Fiction, Japanese, Japanese internment, julie otsuka, National Book Award nominee, The Buddha in the Attic, third-person plural

Who Left the Buddha in the Attic?

csterba wrote 1 year ago: The narrators in Julie Otsuka’s novel, The Buddha in the Attic  are a collective chorus of the … more →

Tags: Asian Culture, Asian American Novels, Japanese Internment 1942, julie otsuka, when the emperor was divine

Japanese Picture Brides of California

clarionfriends wrote 1 year ago: This is one of many shameful times in American history; but there are so many of them we collectivel … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, julie otsuka, Pearl Harbor, Japanese American heritage, WWII California, The Buddha in the Attic


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