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A review by gayathiri_rajendran
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
4.0
Such beautiful and lyrical writing depicting the plight of brides who were shipped from Japan to the US to the husbands. . It’s an account of the lives the women settled for and the aftermath of the bombing. The women came from all over Japan to leave to the US. The POV was quite interesting. It felt like a unison of voices. Life in the US was not exactly the American Dream for these women. They worked very labour intensive jobs. They ploughed on with hopes that their children would lead a better life later.
The Japanese viewed the Americans as enemies and the Americans lumped the Japanese along with the Mexicans,Chinese and African Americans as people of colour. Many Americans didn’t differentiate between the overseas Japanese and citizens who were going to college. It was really sad to read about. This book is a shared experience of the Japanese diaspora.
The Japanese viewed the Americans as enemies and the Americans lumped the Japanese along with the Mexicans,Chinese and African Americans as people of colour. Many Americans didn’t differentiate between the overseas Japanese and citizens who were going to college. It was really sad to read about. This book is a shared experience of the Japanese diaspora.