The Buddha in the Attic (Pen/Faulkner Award - Fiction)
by Julie Otsuka
A lyrical, collective portrait of Japanese picture brides arriving in early twentieth-century America and confronting marriage, labor, and cultural displacement.
About This Book
The Buddha in the Attic follows the lives of young Japanese women who journey to California as picture brides in the early 1900s.
The novel explores their experiences of marriage, labor, and adaptation in a new and often unwelcoming land.
Through collective voices, it captures the hopes, hardships, and quiet resilience of these women.
The story reflects broader themes of immigration, identity, and cultural displacement.
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