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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... Camps , Kowloon ( Hong Kong ) : 1942 131 PART FIVE : Po Lin Monastery , Lantau Island ( Hong Kong ) : Summer , 1952 ... Camp near Hiroshima : 1945 355 PART ELEVEN : Hong Kong : Christmas , 1952 411 PART TWELVE : Hong Kong : Summer ...
... Camps , Kowloon ( Hong Kong ) : 1942 131 PART FIVE : Po Lin Monastery , Lantau Island ( Hong Kong ) : Summer , 1952 ... Camp near Hiroshima : 1945 355 PART ELEVEN : Hong Kong : Christmas , 1952 411 PART TWELVE : Hong Kong : Summer ...
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... camps in Japan and for his informative book Destination Japan ; to the librarian of the Embassy of Japan in London ; to J. Teicher , who researched details of the despatches of General MacArthur in the Library of Congress , Washington ...
... camps in Japan and for his informative book Destination Japan ; to the librarian of the Embassy of Japan in London ; to J. Teicher , who researched details of the despatches of General MacArthur in the Library of Congress , Washington ...
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... camp - bed , his belongings stored in two small apple crates and a cheap suitcase which he secured by parcelling it up with a length of chain and a brass padlock . It was imperative not to awaken him for he was easily angered and his ...
... camp - bed , his belongings stored in two small apple crates and a cheap suitcase which he secured by parcelling it up with a length of chain and a brass padlock . It was imperative not to awaken him for he was easily angered and his ...
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... camp , outside which stood a young British soldier . His rifle was at the slope and his knees were pinkly sunburnt . He was sweating profusely and had dark semi - circular stains under his armpits . He could not have been more than ...
... camp , outside which stood a young British soldier . His rifle was at the slope and his knees were pinkly sunburnt . He was sweating profusely and had dark semi - circular stains under his armpits . He could not have been more than ...
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