Hiroshima Joe: A NovelPicador, 2013 M10 8 - 304 pages One of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985 |
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... Cantonese with a misplaced accent . Sand- ingham understood this local dialect and he knew a strange accent when he heard one . The manager's height and intonation indicated clearly that he was from northern China . Since the Communist ...
... Cantonese with a misplaced accent . Sand- ingham understood this local dialect and he knew a strange accent when he heard one . The manager's height and intonation indicated clearly that he was from northern China . Since the Communist ...
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... Cantonese . The flag above the gate of the playground and basketball court indicated that this was a Communist school . Within fifty seconds , he had reached the end of the street and disappeared around the corner . He was now in Soares ...
... Cantonese . The flag above the gate of the playground and basketball court indicated that this was a Communist school . Within fifty seconds , he had reached the end of the street and disappeared around the corner . He was now in Soares ...
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... Cantonese that the fruit was five cents each . Sandingham understood the characters . From his pocket he drew a ten - cent coin and the woman in the shop came out from the doorway to serve him . He gave her the coin and helped himself ...
... Cantonese that the fruit was five cents each . Sandingham understood the characters . From his pocket he drew a ten - cent coin and the woman in the shop came out from the doorway to serve him . He gave her the coin and helped himself ...
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... Cantonese , ' Mr Leung is waiting for me . ' ' Mr Leung wait for no one , ' replied the Chinese firmly and in English , stepping from the shadows into a thin shaft of sunlight that had succeeded in reaching down into the alleyway . He ...
... Cantonese , ' Mr Leung is waiting for me . ' ' Mr Leung wait for no one , ' replied the Chinese firmly and in English , stepping from the shadows into a thin shaft of sunlight that had succeeded in reaching down into the alleyway . He ...
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... Cantonese down the aisle of the bus and then fell silent when he saw that it was a European who had bruised his foot . None of the passengers paid any attention . Sandingham looked out the rear window . The youth was still doubled over ...
... Cantonese down the aisle of the bus and then fell silent when he saw that it was a European who had bruised his foot . None of the passengers paid any attention . Sandingham looked out the rear window . The youth was still doubled over ...
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