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Julie Otsuka - The Buddha in the Attic
Released: 26/01/2012
Fig Tree
After her bleak but evocative debut on the wartime internment of a Japanese American family, Otsuka ventures into equally alarming territory with a story about Japanese mail-order brides; women enticed to a new life by the promise of a photograph. Yet more skilful unpacking of the American dream.
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70 %
The Independent“Otsuka's work challenges the traditional form of the novel...” The rhythmic, repetitive flow of collective experience, combined with the sparseness of the descriptions, means her intensely lyrical prose verges on the edge of poetry...
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80 %
Guardian“Merit lies, I think, in that indefinable quality we call poetry.” The tone is often incantatory, and though the language is direct, unconvoluted, almost without metaphor, its true and very unusual merit lies, I think, in that indefinable quality we call poetry.
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Publishers Weekly“Otsuka's prose is precise and rich with imagery...” Each section is beautifully rendered, a delicate amalgam of contrasting and complementary experiences. Readers will instantly empathize with these unnamed women as they adjust to American culture...
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