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One Man´s Justice
Akira Yoshimura
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Description for One Man´s Justice
Paperback. Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been destroyed. Japan is in ruins and occupied by the Americans. Takuya, an ex-officer in the Imperial Army, has returned to his native village only to learn that the Occupation authorities are intensifying their efforts to apprehend suspected war criminals. And those who are found guilty are being sentenced to death. Translator(s): Ealey, Mark. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 203.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been destroyed. Japan is in ruins and occupied by the Americans.
Takuya, an ex-officer in the Imperial Army, has returned to his native village only to learn that the Occupation authorities are intensifying their efforts to apprehend suspected war criminals. And those who are found guilty are being sentenced to death.
Fearing that his role in the execution of a number of American pilots, Takuya takes to the road and becomes a fugitive in his own country.
One Man's Justice is both a reflection on the murky reality of war ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Edinburgh
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841954790
SKU
V9781841954790
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Ref
99-39
About Akira Yoshimura
Akira Yoshimura was born in 1927. He is the prize-winning, best-selling author of twenty novels and collections of short stories. He is the president of Japan's writer's union and a member of International PEN.
Reviews for One Man´s Justice
A haunting and beautifully rendered tale of enduring optimism.
The Herald
Deserves to become a classic.
Sunday Times
An unsettling and important book. This novel blurs any distinctions between the victor and the vanquished - Yoshimura depicts a burnt-out moral landscape, all too familiar today.
... Read more
The Herald
Deserves to become a classic.
Sunday Times
An unsettling and important book. This novel blurs any distinctions between the victor and the vanquished - Yoshimura depicts a burnt-out moral landscape, all too familiar today.
... Read more