Fires on the Plain : A Novel. [Tuttle Classics Series] 野火 Nobi
by Ooka, Shohei, 1909-1988. 大岡昇平 [cover design, Laura Shaw; trans., Ivan Morris; cover art, A. F. Jr. Hager]
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Boston ; Rutland, VT ; Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing, 2001., 2001. As New. 1st Tuttle edition ; pictoriral photographic stiff paper wrappers ; ISBN: 0804813795 ; OCLC: 17518416 ; vi, 246 pp. ; 19 cm. ; The story is told through the eyes of a Private Tamura who, after being thrown out by his own company, chooses to desert the military altogether and wanders aimlessly through the Philippine jungle during the Allied campaign. Descending into delirium, Tamura is forced to confront nature, his childhood faith, hunger, his own mortality, and in the end, cannibalism. ; AS NEW [This listing contains text in Japanese JIS fonts]
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- Fires on the Plain : A Novel. [Tuttle Classics Series] 野火 Nobi
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- Ooka, Shohei, 1909-1988. 大岡昇平 [cover design, Laura Shaw; trans., Ivan Morris; cover art, A. F. Jr. Hager]
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- Boston ; Rutland, VT ; Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing, 2001.
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- 2001
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- ISBN: 0804813795 japanese wwii world war ii leyte philippines army soldier hallucinations canibalism prisoners pows pow 発行 ィ と いた いや かも知れ こう しょう そう どこまでも ども ながら なつ まあ ます もはや ら�
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