When the Emperor Was Divine (Julie Otsuka)

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When the Emperor Was Divine

Julie Otsuka

The Buddha in The Attic

Julie Otsuka

In eight incantatory sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces their extraordinary lives, from their arduous journey by boat, where they exchange photographs of their husbands, imagining uncertain futures in an unknown land; to their arrival in San...