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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Page 7
... stood alongside it , against the street wall of the hotel grounds . From over the wall he could hear footsteps moving along the pavement . They fell with slow deliberation and he visualised a Hong Kong police constable on his beat ...
... stood alongside it , against the street wall of the hotel grounds . From over the wall he could hear footsteps moving along the pavement . They fell with slow deliberation and he visualised a Hong Kong police constable on his beat ...
Page 10
... stood for an instant , indecisive . It was not worth the risk of the roomboys finding it , so he took it out again and placed it in a drawer , planning to dispose of it later in the day . It was after doing this he sensed his ankle was ...
... stood for an instant , indecisive . It was not worth the risk of the roomboys finding it , so he took it out again and placed it in a drawer , planning to dispose of it later in the day . It was after doing this he sensed his ankle was ...
Page 13
... stood and crossed the office space behind the desk to consult the register itself . He was a tall man , much taller than the rest of the Chinese staff , and spoke the local Cantonese with a misplaced accent . Sand- ingham understood ...
... stood and crossed the office space behind the desk to consult the register itself . He was a tall man , much taller than the rest of the Chinese staff , and spoke the local Cantonese with a misplaced accent . Sand- ingham understood ...
Page 14
... stood . The street at the rear of the hotel was deserted . From over a high stone wall opposite drifted the chanting of school children learning mathematics by rote , in Cantonese . The flag above the gate of the playground and ...
... stood . The street at the rear of the hotel was deserted . From over a high stone wall opposite drifted the chanting of school children learning mathematics by rote , in Cantonese . The flag above the gate of the playground and ...
Page 16
... stood where gardens had once been laid out . But the soil was poor and vegetables had found it hard to gain sustenance . So had men . An elderly Chinese in black baggy trousers that seemed to be made of tarred cloth , and a loose ...
... stood where gardens had once been laid out . But the soil was poor and vegetables had found it hard to gain sustenance . So had men . An elderly Chinese in black baggy trousers that seemed to be made of tarred cloth , and a loose ...
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