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On October 14, Martine LIUCCI-RASSI will present “THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC” by Julie OTSUKA.
Julie OTSUKA is a Japanese American writer, born and raised in California in 1962. She studied Art at Yale University and pursued a career as a painter for several years before turning to fiction writing at age 30. She received her MFA from Columbia and is a recipient of several awards. This novel to be discussed received the Foreign Femina Price in 2012.
“THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC” is a tale taking place after World War I and is about Japanese women who immigrate to America in order to marry men they have not met yet (they only saw a portait of their future husband)! The book explores their trip from Japan to setting up a home, raising children and eventually being banished into internment camps after the attack of Pearl Harbour. The author uses a minimalist technique that manages to be so intimate that it infuses a constant powerful emotion.
All 2020, from November on, are still open for you to present your favorite BOOK to our CCB, ACB & AWCB Reading Group:
— November 11
— December 9
So are in 2021
— January13
— February10
— March10
— April 14
— May 12
— June 9
— July 14
— August 11
— September 8
— October 13
— November 10
— December 8
Please remember that:
— We use the “first come, first served” basis to reserve the month for your presentation.
— We will always happily welcome all your friends to our meetings as long as they are Members of either the CCB, the ACB or the AWCB!
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