When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka.
I can't pull anything out of it, because it would be taken out of context in a terrible way, and you just need to read the whole thing. For real.
It's starkly beautiful, which I know is cliche, but it's true. This novel was a beautiful, beautiful telling of a very difficult story that we seem reluctant to talk about - the Japanese internments during World War II.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
the quoteless book
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THAT is an incredible book. incredible. I made the mistake of reading it in public...
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