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"body": "<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n <div class=\"floatright\">\n </div>\n <div class=\"rgonly\">\n <!--\"rgdatabox-CoreDisplay\" removed-->\n <div id=\"rgdatabox-Core\" style=\"display:none;\">\n <p>\n RGMediaType:books;\nTitle:The Sun Gods;\nCreators:Jay Rubin;\nInterestLevel:Grades 9-12; Adult;\nReadingLevel:;\nGuidedReadingLevel:;\nLexile:;\nTheme:Power of the past; Power of silence; Quest for discovery; Everlasting love;\nGenre:Historical Fiction;\nPoV:Protagonists are a white father and son;\nRelatedEvents:;\nAvailability:Widely available;\nFreeWebVersion:No;\nPrimarySecondary:;\nHasTeachingAids:No;\nWarnings:Some sexual content;\nDenshoTopic:;\nGeography:Seattle, Washington;\nChronology:1939–43; 1959–63;\nFacility:Minidoka [8] - Hunt, Idaho; Puyallup (Camp Harmony) [11] - Puyallup, Washington;\n </p>\n </div>\n </div>\n <div id=\"databox-Books\" style=\"display:none;\">\n <p>\n Title:The Sun Gods;\nAuthor:Jay Rubin;\nIllustrator:;\nOrigTitle:;\nCountry:;\nLanguage:;\nSeries:;\nGenre:;\nPublisher:Chin Music Press;\nPubDate:2015;\nCurrentPublisher:;\nCurrentPubDate:;\nMediaType:;\nPages:361;\nAwards:;\nISBN:;\nWorldCatLink:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.worldcat.org/title/sun-gods-a-novel/oclc/892164062\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://www.worldcat.org/title/sun-gods-a-novel/oclc/892164062\n </a>\n ;\n </p>\n </div>\n <p>\n Novel by Jay Rubin set in Seattle and that involves wartime incarceration at the\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Minidoka\" title=\"Minidoka\">\n Minidoka\n </a>\n , Idaho, concentration camp.\n </p>\n <p>\n Japanese literary scholar and translator Jay Rubin's\n <i>\n The Sun Gods\n </i>\n tells two separate linked narratives, one taking place just before and during World War II and the other twenty years later. In the late 1930s, Reverend Thomas Morton is a young widower with a toddler son and an enthusiastic English language pastor of a Japanese Christian church when he is swept off his feet by the newly arrived sister of a regular member of the congregation. Mitsuko forms an instant and mutual bond with Morton's son, Billy, and he hires her as a babysitter. She soon moves into his home, and love and marriage inevitably ensue. But Morton finds himself drawn into the ominous reports of Japanese military aggression in Asia and begins to absorb the anti-Japanese sentiment permeating the larger American society, straining the marriage. By the time his congregation is forcibly removed and sent to American concentration camps, Morton has largely abandoned Mitsuko and Billy, who refuses to leave his stepmother's side. The other story picks up with an adult Billy attending a religious college in the late 1950s and finding himself oddly drawn to Japanese culture, despite his father's harsh renunciation of all things Japanese. A strange\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Nisei\" title=\"Nisei\">\n Nisei\n </a>\n man who seems to know him begins to open the doors to his mysterious past.\n </p>\n <p>\n Jay Rubin (1941– ) is a literary scholar and translator best known for his translations of the works of Haruki Murakami.\n <i>\n The Sun Gods\n </i>\n was his first novel, published when he was in his early seventies. But he told interviewer Nikkitha Bakshani that he actually wrote the book some thirty years earlier, at which time he was unable to interest any literary agents or publishers. After moving to the Seattle area in retirement from Harvard University, where he had been teaching (before that, he had taught at the University of Washington), he submitted the manuscript to Seattle based Chin Music Press, who eventually published the book.\n <sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-ftnt_ref1_1-0\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_note-ftnt_ref1-1\">\n [1]\n </a>\n </sup>\n </p>\n <p>\n Reviews were mixed, with some reviewers admiring the subject matter and themes, while others found the character development and plot to be wanting.\n </p>\n <p>\n While\n <i>\n The Sun Gods\n </i>\n is well researched and the scenes in Minidoka mostly conform to what is known, the two shootings of inmates by guards at Minidoka are inventions of the author.\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n <b>\n Authored by\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Brian_Niiya\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n Brian Niiya\n </a>\n , Densho\n </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n <p>\n Might also like:\n <i>\n <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (book)/\" title=\"Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (book)\">\n Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet\n </a>\n </i>\n by Jamie Ford;\n <i>\n <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Southland (book)/\" title=\"Southland (book)\">\n Southland\n </a>\n </i>\n by Nina Revoyr;\n <i>\n <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/After the Bloom (book)/\" title=\"After the Bloom (book)\">\n After the Bloom\n </a>\n </i>\n by Leslie Shimotakahara\n </p>\n</div>\n",
"moreinfo": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n For More Information\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n Publisher website:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://store.chinmusicpress.com/product/the-sun-gods\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://store.chinmusicpress.com/product/the-sun-gods\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n </div>\n</div>",
"reviews": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"Reviews\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Reviews\">\n Reviews\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n <i>\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jay-rubin/the-sun-gods/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n Kirkus Reviews\n </a>\n </i>\n , June 2, 2015. [\"This novel arrives with an impressive pedigree; in addition to translating Murakami, Rubin... is a scholar of Japanese literature who has taught at Harvard. So readers might be surprised at the heavy-handedness and lack of nuance in his fiction, which suffers from undeveloped characters, maudlin dialogue, and a contrived plot.\"]\n </p>\n <p>\n Maloney, Iain. \"\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/05/09/books/book-reviews/legendary-translator-jay-rubins-novel-sun-gods-evokes-horror-internment-camps/#.WKeTImQrJhE\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n Legendary Translator Jay Rubin's Novel 'The Sun Gods' Evokes Horror of Internment Camps.\n </a>\n \"\n <i>\n Japan Times\n </i>\n , May 9, 2015. [\"'The Sun Gods' is surprising, heartbreaking and powerful. At a time when Japan is being pushed on all sides to confront its history, this novel is a welcome reminder that when it comes to war, no one holds the moral high ground.\"]\n </p>\n <p>\n McMichael, Barbara Lloyd. \"\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/the-sun-gods-love-and-war-in-world-war-ii-era-seattle/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n 'The Sun Gods': Love and War in World War II-era Seattle.\n </a>\n \"\n <i>\n Seattle Times\n </i>\n , May 10, 2015. [\"But the story’s most perplexing character, Pastor Tom, is sketched in fairly broad strokes. This is the letdown — that we cannot gain better insight into this man’s breach of faith.\"]\n </p>\n <p>\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"http://www.densho.org/book-review-the-sun-gods/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n Niiya, Brian\n </a>\n . Densho Blog, Oct. 13, 2015. [\"... by turns cloying, manipulative, and affecting.\"]\n </p>\n <p>\n Shank, Megan. \"\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/childhood-revisionism/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n Childhood Revisionism.\n </a>\n \"\n <i>\n Los Angeles Review of Books\n </i>\n , May 27, 2015. [\"But overall, the characters are nuanced and humane, and the rich themes and vivid setting make The Sun Gods an immensely rewarding read.\"]\n </p>\n </div>\n</div>",
"footnotes": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"Footnotes\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Footnotes\">\n Footnotes\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <div class=\"reflist\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n <div class=\"mw-references-wrap\">\n <ol class=\"references\">\n <li id=\"cite_note-ftnt_ref1-1\">\n <span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_ref-ftnt_ref1_1-0\">\n ↑\n </a>\n </span>\n <span class=\"reference-text\">\n Nikkitha Bakshani, \"The Rumpus Interview with Jay Rubin\",\n <i>\n The Rumpus\n </i>\n , July 8, 2015, accessed on February 17, 2017 at\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://therumpus.net/2015/07/the-rumpus-interview-with-jay-rubin\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://therumpus.net/2015/07/the-rumpus-interview-with-jay-rubin\n </a>\n .\n </span>\n </li>\n </ol>\n </div>\n </div>\n <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20230613175552\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.021 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.028 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 368/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 6765/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1337/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 5/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0/20\nUnstrip post‐expand size: 631/5000000 bytes\nExtLoops count: 0\n-->\n <!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00% 18.229 1 -total\n 12.75% 2.325 1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 12.59% 2.295 1 Template:Reflist\n 11.39% 2.076 1 Template:Databox-Books\n 7.38% 1.346 1 Template:AuthorByline\n 7.36% 1.342 1 Template:Published\n 7.09% 1.292 1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:3526-0!canonical and timestamp 20230613175551 and revision id 28217\n -->\n </div>\n</div>"
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