Why do you feel that there was such praise for MacArthur in Japan? The majority of the people were just so thankful that the war was over. What kind of person would write to MacArthur? What if she was a 12-year-old girl? That’s when I got started. Not many people know about these documents. I found the book Dear General MacArthur by Rinjiro Sodei, which shows the range of correspondence-letters of adoration, missives denouncing him, requests for both reform and advice. Douglas MacArthur was in charge of the country’s occupation at the end of World War II, he received 500,000 letters from the Japanese-the people just conquered. What inspired you to write this novel? I’ve always been interested in Japan and was a Japanese studies librarian. Her stunning first novel, The Translation of Love ( LJ 3/1/16), examines life in postwar Japan under American occupation. Photo © Edmond Lee Lynne Kutsukake is a former academic librarian who lives in Toronto.
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