{"product_id":"9780756966386","title":"When the Emperor Was Divine","description":"Julie Otsuka’s commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any we have ever seen. With crystalline intensity and precision, Otsuka uses a single family to evoke the deracination—both physical and emotional—of a generation of Japanese Americans. In five chapters, each flawlessly executed from a different point of view—the mother receiving the order to evacuate; the daughter on the long train ride to the camp; the son in the desert encampment; the family’s return to their home; and the bitter release of the father after more than four years in captivity—she has created a small tour de force, a novel of unrelenting economy and suppressed emotion. Spare, intimate, arrestingly understated, \u003ci\u003eWhen the Emperor Was Divine\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting evocation of a family in wartime and an unmistakably resonant lesson for our times. It heralds the arrival of a singularly gifted new novelist.\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Julie Otsuka was born and raised in California. She is a graduate of Yale University and received her M.F.A. from Columbia. She lives in New York City.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025582047472,"sku":"9780756966386","price":24.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780756966386_p0.jpg?v=1763641085","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780756966386","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}