The Emperor of Any Place (Paperback)

Wynne-Jones achieves an extraordinary feat: he illuminates the hidden depths of personalities and families through a mesmerizing blend of realism and magic. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Evan overwhelmed and bereaved by his father s sudden death doesn t know what to make of the hand-bound yellow book his dad had been reading when he passed away. Why was his father reading the diary of a Japanese soldier stranded on a small Pacific island during WWII? What is in this account that Evan s estranged grandfather fears -- and will he really do anything even hurt his own grandson to prevent it from being seen? In this riveting time-shifting story within a story the ghosts of war reverberate across hemispheres and generations.