Hiroshima Joe - 9780312268053
Un libro in lingua di Martin Booth edito da Picador USA, 2003
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One of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985
Captured by Hirohito's soldiers at the fall of Hong Kong and transferred to a Japanese slave camp outside Hiroshima, Captain Joe Sandingham was present when the bomb was dropped. Now a shell of a man, he lives in a cheap Hong Kong hotel, scrounging for food and the occasional bar girl. The locals call him “Hiroshima Joe” with a mixture of pity and contempt. But Joe—haunted by the sounds and voices of his past, debilitated by illness, and shattered by his wartime ordeal—is a man whose compassion and will to survive define a clear-eyed and unexpected heroism.
Captured by Hirohito's soldiers at the fall of Hong Kong and transferred to a Japanese slave camp outside Hiroshima, Captain Joe Sandingham was present when the bomb was dropped. Now a shell of a man, he lives in a cheap Hong Kong hotel, scrounging for food and the occasional bar girl. The locals call him “Hiroshima Joe” with a mixture of pity and contempt. But Joe—haunted by the sounds and voices of his past, debilitated by illness, and shattered by his wartime ordeal—is a man whose compassion and will to survive define a clear-eyed and unexpected heroism.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Hiroshima Joe
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Martin Booth
- Editore: Picador USA
- Collana: Picador USA (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Gennaio '03
- Genere: FICTION
- Argomenti : World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, Japanese Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Japan Hiroshima-shi Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Veterans Fiction
- Pagine: 304
- Dimensioni mm: 209 x 146 x 25
- ISBN-10: 031226805X
- EAN-13: 9780312268053