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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... Chinese coast and Japan : 1-15 October , 1942 199 PART SEVEN : On board SS Takshing en route to Macau and Hong Kong : September , 1952 227 PART EIGHT : Japan : 1943-1945 247 PART NINE : Hong Kong : Autumn , 1952 303 PART TEN : PoW Camp ...
... Chinese coast and Japan : 1-15 October , 1942 199 PART SEVEN : On board SS Takshing en route to Macau and Hong Kong : September , 1952 227 PART EIGHT : Japan : 1943-1945 247 PART NINE : Hong Kong : Autumn , 1952 303 PART TEN : PoW Camp ...
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... Chinese characters . He lit one of the cigarettes and lay back upon the pillow , concentrating only on blowing the smoke into the air . His fingers ' first joints were stained by nicotine and they quivered , almost imperceptibly ...
... Chinese characters . He lit one of the cigarettes and lay back upon the pillow , concentrating only on blowing the smoke into the air . His fingers ' first joints were stained by nicotine and they quivered , almost imperceptibly ...
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... Chinese man in his early twenties , walked briskly after the fruit and stopped the papaya with his foot . He looked up the bank . No one there . Once in safety around the corner of the building , Sandingham stopped to regain his breath ...
... Chinese man in his early twenties , walked briskly after the fruit and stopped the papaya with his foot . He looked up the bank . No one there . Once in safety around the corner of the building , Sandingham stopped to regain his breath ...
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... Chinese charac- ters on the doors , was just driving off . The bellboy , a Chinese lad about twelve years of age , wearing a white uniform with a matching pork - pie hat , was standing on the steps leading up to the glass doors . He was ...
... Chinese charac- ters on the doors , was just driving off . The bellboy , a Chinese lad about twelve years of age , wearing a white uniform with a matching pork - pie hat , was standing on the steps leading up to the glass doors . He was ...
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... Chinese confectionery in shiny paper with blue , red and green printing on the wrappers . Another was a fruit and vegetable shop . Outside this , he paused and rummaged in his pocket for a coin . A hand - painted cardboard notice ...
... Chinese confectionery in shiny paper with blue , red and green printing on the wrappers . Another was a fruit and vegetable shop . Outside this , he paused and rummaged in his pocket for a coin . A hand - painted cardboard notice ...
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