Exiled from the memory

The most striking Some had never seen the sea is his mode of narration. No "I" but "we" that gathers several lifetimes, all different, but collectively face the same events. The book describes the departure of Japanese women to the United States in the early twentieth century, encountering unknown husband of them, until Pearl Harbour and its consequences, suspicion, and finally sending in "centers Home ". And in the meantime, Julie Otsuka tells their troubled lives, their adaptation to a new mo (n) of life for these exiles in perpetuity. By its rhythm, chanting, his throbbing repetition, his "we" that keep coming back, novelist managed a tour de force with an economy of means based on a dry and precise language. Great is the evocative power of this book with realistic images that never yield to any blackmail or emotional misery. The dignity of women is reflected faithfully recorded in writing Julie Otsuka. The facts are there, silent and unsung, the writer staged with quiet power that is the best way to pay tribute to these forgotten memory and history.