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 4
... stopped . The tips of the hands phosphoresced dully but the spot of luminous paint over the twelve had peeled off , to leave a grey spot , like a blind eye . He turned on to his back , then sat up and rubbed his forearm to regain ...
... stopped . The tips of the hands phosphoresced dully but the spot of luminous paint over the twelve had peeled off , to leave a grey spot , like a blind eye . He turned on to his back , then sat up and rubbed his forearm to regain ...
Page 9
... stopped the papaya with his foot . He looked up the bank . No one there . Once in safety around the corner of the building , Sandingham stopped to regain his breath . Another sound , above his head - no more than a bird might cause made ...
... stopped the papaya with his foot . He looked up the bank . No one there . Once in safety around the corner of the building , Sandingham stopped to regain his breath . Another sound , above his head - no more than a bird might cause made ...
Page 10
... stopped the bleeding long enough for him to take from under the mattress a strip of clean cloth hidden there , wrapped in newspaper for just such an emergency . This makeshift bandage tight , he lay back on his bed , crudely stitched ...
... stopped the bleeding long enough for him to take from under the mattress a strip of clean cloth hidden there , wrapped in newspaper for just such an emergency . This makeshift bandage tight , he lay back on his bed , crudely stitched ...
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... stopped . Discipline : one could only stay alive by discipline . Hadn't Willy always said that ? And lived by the motto ? And died by it , tied to a wooden cross on a beach ? Besides , the roomboy was nearly through with the next room ...
... stopped . Discipline : one could only stay alive by discipline . Hadn't Willy always said that ? And lived by the motto ? And died by it , tied to a wooden cross on a beach ? Besides , the roomboy was nearly through with the next room ...
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... stopped at Kowloon Hospital where at least half the passengers alighted . This took several minutes , for the bus was full . It was a section of the route that Sandingham did not like . As the bus pulled away from the kerb he looked at ...
... stopped at Kowloon Hospital where at least half the passengers alighted . This took several minutes , for the bus was full . It was a section of the route that Sandingham did not like . As the bus pulled away from the kerb he looked at ...
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