# When the Emperor Was Divine

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- Book: [When The Emperor Was Divine](https://www.bookquiver.com/julie-otsuka/when-the-emperor-was-divine) ([When The Emperor Was Divine.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/julie-otsuka/when-the-emperor-was-divine.md))
- Authors: [Julie Otsuka](https://www.bookquiver.com/julie-otsuka)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-8572-181-3
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2003-10-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and The Swimmers, this commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese American incarceration camps that is both a haunting...