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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... rice with some green vegetables and a sliver of fish . It was probably all the man could afford . Trying not to limp , Sandingham walked down the corridor through the floor lobby to the main hotel staircase . The floor captain ignored ...
... rice with some green vegetables and a sliver of fish . It was probably all the man could afford . Trying not to limp , Sandingham walked down the corridor through the floor lobby to the main hotel staircase . The floor captain ignored ...
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... rice . Now the sun scored into his eyes , as if seeking to burn his retinas . He felt giddy and sick and put his hand on the painted rail along the edge of the deck to give himself support . The feeling passed , but it worried him . He ...
... rice . Now the sun scored into his eyes , as if seeking to burn his retinas . He felt giddy and sick and put his hand on the painted rail along the edge of the deck to give himself support . The feeling passed , but it worried him . He ...
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... rice shops displayed their wares in barrels or sacks open at the top , each containing a different type of rice , long grain , short grain and , for all Sandingham knew , thin grain and fat grain . To him food was food , rice was rice ...
... rice shops displayed their wares in barrels or sacks open at the top , each containing a different type of rice , long grain , short grain and , for all Sandingham knew , thin grain and fat grain . To him food was food , rice was rice ...
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