Quando l'imperatore era un dio
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9788833971834 (883397183X)
Publish date: 2013
Publisher: Bollati Boringhieri
Pages no: 137
Edition language: Italian
I read this book in less than two days. I was in two minds about it. I became quite interested in the three characters whose points of view form the first three chapters, and who are gradually revealed through a sparse accumulation of details; the two children, and especially the mother, attempting ...
Sad book about the internment of Japanese Americans in WWII. The author did a good job tackling a difficult subject, but I think by not naming the characters it kept a level of distance. I never really felt connected to any of the characters.Quick read, but I would definitely recommend it, if not ju...
Meh. This book was so-so. I picked it up on the library on impulse (even though I already have mountains of books waiting for me--it's a sickness) because I saw that this book was about the "Japanese internment camps." I had just read [b:The Garden of Evening Mists|12031532|The Garden of Evening Mis...
When the Emperor was Dvine tells the story of a Japanese family living in California who is sent to a camp in Utah after Pearl Harbour and the entry into war of the United States. The story is told from five different points of view which gives it an interesting turn. I enjoyed this book. I hadn't t...
Just as the first chapter sets the stage for this brief but moving, heartbreaking novel, as the unnamed woman and her family prepare for an unknown journey into an unknowable future, the reader will put aside their plans for the day, their chores, their appointments, and simply prepare to keep readi...
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