Julie Otsuka

Julie Otsuka is the author of the novel When the Emperor Was Divine. ‘Come, Japanese!’ is an excerpt from her novel, The Buddha in the Attic.

Julie Otsuka on Granta.com

‘When you ask her your name, she does not remember what it is.’

‘Using the ‘we’ voice allowed me to tell a much larger story than I would have been able to tell otherwise.’

‘They learned that some people are born luckier than others and that things in this world do not always go as you plan.’

‘On the boat we each had to make choices.’