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A review by askatknits
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
4.0
Otsuka is brilliant. To top When the Emperor was Divine could not be easy... but she matches it so perfectly in this moving history of the Japanese in America prior to and during WWII.
The voices... and there are so many of them... are compelling. I could not stop listening. The stories they share are heart-breaking gut-punches - difficult to hear, more difficult to imagine someone actually living through. And yet, the anonymity of the voices makes it somehow more real. More personal. More believable.
If you are looking for a place to start to learn about the Japanese culture on the West Coast, how life was for those who came here, and how they all handled being incarcerated during WWII - Otstuka's books are an excellent place to start.
I highly recommend!
The voices... and there are so many of them... are compelling. I could not stop listening. The stories they share are heart-breaking gut-punches - difficult to hear, more difficult to imagine someone actually living through. And yet, the anonymity of the voices makes it somehow more real. More personal. More believable.
If you are looking for a place to start to learn about the Japanese culture on the West Coast, how life was for those who came here, and how they all handled being incarcerated during WWII - Otstuka's books are an excellent place to start.
I highly recommend!