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...
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/02/when-emperor-was-divine.htmlWhen The Emperor Was Divine is the story of the Japanese in the United States during World War II. It is the story of one family, but written with no names perhaps to imply a universality of ...
How do you write about trauma? Are you verbose and expansive? Terse and straighforward? In this case, you use elegant and spare prose that brings home the extent of the wrong by never quite stating it in so many words. When The Emperor Was Divine is a short book, but exactly as long as it needs to b...
Assuming you have read the book description, you already know this book’s theme is the treatment of Japanese during WW2 and Japanese internment camps in the USA. It is more a study of the psychological than factual treatment of Japanese. You will not get historical facts or precise, detailed descrip...
A poetically written work that flows beautifully through the emotions of the family. The division of the book into chapters with a point of view of each family was a wonderful idea. As a whole a book which draws powerful emotions and causes a deep look into the past.
This is a very fast and worthwhile read about a Japanese family who suffers the indignities of the World War II internment camps here in the U.S. This book can easily be read in two or three hours if you have uninterrupted time. The construction is rather floaty and impressionistic rather than lin...
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