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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... hear the clatter of mah - jong tiles across a hardwood table top and the laughter of the players rising and falling . The game had lasted through the night and it too had played an indecipherable part in his dream . With the cigarette ...
... hear the clatter of mah - jong tiles across a hardwood table top and the laughter of the players rising and falling . The game had lasted through the night and it too had played an indecipherable part in his dream . With the cigarette ...
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... hear footsteps moving along the pavement . They fell with slow deliberation and he visualised a Hong Kong police constable on his beat , black leather belt , revolver holster and peak cap glinting in the early light . Standing on an ...
... hear footsteps moving along the pavement . They fell with slow deliberation and he visualised a Hong Kong police constable on his beat , black leather belt , revolver holster and peak cap glinting in the early light . Standing on an ...
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... hear muted voices coming from the open window of one of the downstairs front suites ; the sound of lovers in the early morning . He heard a man's cough , then the quiet whisper of a woman . The tree was younger yet also higher than he ...
... hear muted voices coming from the open window of one of the downstairs front suites ; the sound of lovers in the early morning . He heard a man's cough , then the quiet whisper of a woman . The tree was younger yet also higher than he ...
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... hear him clattering a metal dust- pan and broom outside , followed by the jangle of a bunch of brass keys . His ankle hurt him . He rubbed it and the pain increased . The makeshift cloth bandage had slipped during his sleep and now he ...
... hear him clattering a metal dust- pan and broom outside , followed by the jangle of a bunch of brass keys . His ankle hurt him . He rubbed it and the pain increased . The makeshift cloth bandage had slipped during his sleep and now he ...
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