Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, When the Emperor Was
Divine is the critically acclaimed debut novel by bestselling
writer Julie Otsuka - author of The Buddha in the Attic - in which
she explores the lives of Japanese immigrants living in America
during the Second World War. It is four months after Pearl Harbour
and overnight signs appear all over the United States instructing
Japanese Americans to report to internment camps for the duration
of the war. For one family it proves to be a nightmare of
oppression and alienation.Explored from varying points of view -
the mother receiving the order to evacuate, the daughter on the
long train journey, the son in the desert encampment, the family's
return home, and the bitter release of their father after four
years in captivity - it tells of an incarceration that will alter
their lives for ever. Based on a true story, Julie Otsuka's
powerful, deeply humane novel tells of an unjustly forgotten
episode in America's wartime history. 'Honest and gloriously
written, will haunt you long after you've turned the final
page.Brilliant' Elle'An intense jewel of a book written with
clarity and beauty' Marie Claire'Vindicates the suffering of the
Japanese in America . . .&,nbsp,a blistering first novel' The
Times Literary Supplement'A compelling, powerful portrait of a
terrible endurance. Terrific' The TimesJulie Otsuka was born and
raised in California. She is the author of the novel When the
Emperor Was Divine, and a recipient of the Asian American Literary
Award, the American Library Association Alex Award, and a
Guggenheim fellowship.Her second novel, The Buddha in the Attic,
was nominated for the 2011 National Book Award. She lives in New
York City.
V januári 1965 Gabriel García Márquez cestoval s rodinou na
dovolenku do Acapulca, keď odrazu dostal nápad. Začul vravu
mestečka Macondo. Už vedel, ako napíše svoj nový román. Vrátil sa
domov, zatvoril sa do pracovne, a keď z nej po osemnástich
mesiacoch vyšiel, v ruke držal 1 300 strán rukopisu a bol šťastný.
Román Sto rokov samoty prvý raz vyšiel v roku 1967, Márquez mal
vtedy 39 rokov a svet si navždy zapamätal jeho meno. Dnes je román
považovaný za jedno z najvýznamnejších diel latinskoamerickej a
svetovej literatúry. Je komponovaný z množstva reálnych aj
fantazijných epizód a rozpráva o pôvabných i krutých príhodách
šiestich generácií rodiny Buendíovcov z fiktívneho mestečka
Macondo.
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