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 14
... street and were now piled alongside the tea chests upon which he had earlier 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 ...
... street and were now piled alongside the tea chests upon which he had earlier 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 ...
Page 15
... Street and crossed over through the mid- morning traffic to the bus stop going east . Behind him , up a low hill , Kadoorie Avenue and Braga Circuit wound through trees and past the houses of the very wealthy . He looked along the street ...
... Street and crossed over through the mid- morning traffic to the bus stop going east . Behind him , up a low hill , Kadoorie Avenue and Braga Circuit wound through trees and past the houses of the very wealthy . He looked along the street ...
Page 17
... Street camp , outside which stood a young British soldier . His rifle was at the slope and his knees were pinkly sunburnt . He was sweating profusely and had dark semi - circular stains under his armpits . He could not have been more ...
... Street camp , outside which stood a young British soldier . His rifle was at the slope and his knees were pinkly sunburnt . He was sweating profusely and had dark semi - circular stains under his armpits . He could not have been more ...
Page 18
... street hawkers . Then , looking about cursorily to make sure he was not in sight of a policeman , he crossed into the walled city . Word of his arrival , he knew , had travelled ahead of him down the narrow streets and passages ...
... street hawkers . Then , looking about cursorily to make sure he was not in sight of a policeman , he crossed into the walled city . Word of his arrival , he knew , had travelled ahead of him down the narrow streets and passages ...
Page 19
... streets and tenements out- side . It was cool , too . As soon as the door closed he felt chilled , partly because of the efficient Westinghouse air conditioner mounted in the wall , partly because of the sense of oppressive foreboding ...
... streets and tenements out- side . It was cool , too . As soon as the door closed he felt chilled , partly because of the efficient Westinghouse air conditioner mounted in the wall , partly because of the sense of oppressive foreboding ...
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