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The Buddha in the Attic
First edition
AuthorJulie Otsuka
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublishedAlfred A. Knopf
AwardsPEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Preceded byWhen the Emperor was Divine 

The Buddha in the Attic is a 2011 novel written by American author Julie Otsuka about Japanese picture brides immigrating to America in the early 1900s.[1] It is Otsuka's second novel. The novel was published in the United States in August 2011 by the publishing house Knopf Publishing Group.

The Buddha in the Attic was nominated for a National Book Award for Fiction (2011) and won the Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction (2011), the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (2012),[2] and the Prix Femina Étranger (2012).[3]

  1. ^ "Home". julieotsuka.com.
  2. ^ Charles, Ron (March 26, 2012). "Julie Otsuka's 'The Buddha in the Attic' wins 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction". Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  3. ^ "US writer Julie Otsuka wins Femina foreign novel prize". France24. November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.

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