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Booklist Backlist: Tales of Dementia [in Booklist]

02 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese American, European, Fiction, French, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese American, Jewish, Lists, Malaysian American, Memoir, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Palestinian American, Repost, Spanish, Translation

Gerda Saunders, who wrote Memory’s Last Breath (2017), an exquisitely bittersweet record chronicling her experiences with dementia, is one of my most beloved friends. We have books in common, in that we find great solace and escape in the (well-)written word. Inspired by our last visit...

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka [in Booklist]

20 Dec, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW Award-winning, bestselling Julie Otsuka is averaging one book per decade, making each exquisite title exponentially more precious. Here she creates a stupendous collage of small moments that results in an extraordinary examination of the fragility of quotidian human relationships. Initially set in an underground pool, it voices...

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

10 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American, Young Adult Readers

Almost 10 years after Julie Otsuka made her spectacular literary debut with When the Emperor Was Divine, I remain even more convinced that Emperor is the best book I've ever read about the Japanese American imprisonment during World War II. Truth be told, Emperor ranks so high on...

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

24 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost, Young Adult Readers

when-the-emperor-was-divineLooking Back at a Family's Internment: Julie Otsuka's novel debuts in paperback OK, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Julie Otsuka's When the Emperor Was Divine, just out in paperback...

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

when-the-emperor-was-divineOver 60 years ago, the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 – “a day that will live in infamy” as then-President Roosevelt named it – eventually led to the signing of Executive Order 9066...

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