[PDF.16mz] The Breaking Jewel: A Novel (Weatherhead Books on Asia)

The Breaking Jewel: A Novel (Weatherhead Books on Asia)

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 | #910854 in Books |  2003-03-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.40 x.41 x5.54l,.43 | File type: PDF | 136 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| We were visiting the tiny island country of Palau, ...|By Soggy Paws|We were visiting the tiny island country of Palau, and a friend suggested that we try to find this book, to get some perspective on the Japanese experience in Palau during World War II. It was an interesting read, written from the perspective of a Japanese soldier in Palau when the Americans were getting read| |This... novel by one of Japan's antiestablishment writers depicts the horrors of war during the final days of World War II.... The formal style evokes an epic quality that transcends this one small battle....The book is superbly translated and introduced by Ke

Set on an island in the South Pacific during the final days of World War II, when the tide has turned against Japan and the war has unmistakably become one of attrition, The Breaking Jewel offers a rare depiction of the Pacific War from the Japanese side and captures the essence of Japan's doomed imperial aims. The novel opens as a small force of Japanese soldiers prepares to defend a tiny and ultimately insignificant island from a full-scale assault by American f...

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