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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... night before , as on the nights before that , he had forgotten to wind the clock and it had run down at 2.09 . Even after seven years he could not get used to turning the key before sleeping . He had forced himself to grow so much out ...
... night before , as on the nights before that , he had forgotten to wind the clock and it had run down at 2.09 . Even after seven years he could not get used to turning the key before sleeping . He had forced himself to grow so much out ...
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... night was close and warm . Although it was less than an hour to dawn the buildings still retained some of the heat of the previous day . The window of his second - floor room was open , but it faced only a bleak concrete wall which was ...
... night was close and warm . Although it was less than an hour to dawn the buildings still retained some of the heat of the previous day . The window of his second - floor room was open , but it faced only a bleak concrete wall which was ...
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... night and spirited the goodness away : often staring at the fruit in the mornings , he could actually taste the firm sweetness of the pinkish flesh in his mouth . Once he had even seen the debris of black pips just outside the wire ...
... night and spirited the goodness away : often staring at the fruit in the mornings , he could actually taste the firm sweetness of the pinkish flesh in his mouth . Once he had even seen the debris of black pips just outside the wire ...
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... night- duty porter would now be sitting , dozing . The strip light was still on over the desk . Turning right , he came to a navy - blue painted door and slipped the catch . It clicked loudly and he glanced through it , shutting it ...
... night- duty porter would now be sitting , dozing . The strip light was still on over the desk . Turning right , he came to a navy - blue painted door and slipped the catch . It clicked loudly and he glanced through it , shutting it ...
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... 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 one and was now rolling crazily , like a rugby ball , down the drive ...
... 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 one and was now rolling crazily , like a rugby ball , down the drive ...
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