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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... heard walking in them and they would give him added grip. He opened the door. The verandah corridor outside his room was deserted. It ran along to the left then, at a T-junction, joined the main corridor. Across the central courtyard he ...
... heard walking in them and they would give him added grip. He opened the door. The verandah corridor outside his room was deserted. It ran along to the left then, at a T-junction, joined the main corridor. Across the central courtyard he ...
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... heard walking in them and they would give him added grip . He opened the door . The verandah corridor outside his room was deserted . It ran along to the left then , at a T - junction , joined the main corridor . Across the central ...
... heard walking in them and they would give him added grip . He opened the door . The verandah corridor outside his room was deserted . It ran along to the left then , at a T - junction , joined the main corridor . Across the central ...
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... heard a man's cough , then the quiet whisper of a woman . The tree was younger yet also higher than he had expected . Stretching his arms up he found he was still some four feet short of the bottom - most fruit . He looked around ...
... heard a man's cough , then the quiet whisper of a woman . The tree was younger yet also higher than he had expected . Stretching his arms up he found he was still some four feet short of the bottom - most fruit . He looked around ...
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... heard a swishing sound . The main foyer doors had been opened . The night clerk had obviously heard the fruit falling on the drive and come out to investigate . He glanced right then left . An unripe papaya had toppled after the ripe ...
... heard a swishing sound . The main foyer doors had been opened . The night clerk had obviously heard the fruit falling on the drive and come out to investigate . He glanced right then left . An unripe papaya had toppled after the ripe ...
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... heard one . The manager's height and intonation indicated clearly that he was from northern China . Since the Communist take - over vast numbers of well - to - do northern Chinese had flocked south and those unable to afford passage to ...
... heard one . The manager's height and intonation indicated clearly that he was from northern China . Since the Communist take - over vast numbers of well - to - do northern Chinese had flocked south and those unable to afford passage to ...
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