Paperback. New. As the might of the Imperial Japanese Army is crumbling, so too are the tenuous ties with human society held by a sensitive soldier of World War II. ISBN 0804813795 9780804813792 [GB]

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ISBN10: 0804813795, ISBN13: 9780804813792, [publisher: Tuttle Pub] Softcover original edition. 248 pages. 7.50x4.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1981]

ISBN10: 0804813795, ISBN13: 9780804813792, [publisher: TUTTLE PUB] Softcover &Uumlber den AutorrnrnShohei Ooka (1909-1988) was born in Tokyo. He specialized in French at Kyoto University and was graduated in 1932, after which he made a name as a translator of French literature. In 1944 he joined the Japanese Army.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 1989]
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ISBN10: 0804813795, ISBN13: 9780804813792, [publisher: Tuttle Publishing, Boston] Softcover Paperback. "Written with precise skill and beautifully controlled power. The translation by Ivan Morris is outstanding." --The New York Times **Winner of the 1952 Yomiuri Prize** This haunting novel explores the complete degradation and isolation of a man by war. Fires on the Plain is set on the island of Leyte in the Philippines during World War II, where the Japanese army is disintegrating under the hammer blows of the American landings. Within this broader disintegration is another, that of a single human being, Private Tamura. The war destroys each of his ties to society, one by one, until Tamura, a sensitive and intelligent man, becomes an outcast. Nearly losing the will to survive, he hears of a port still in Japanese hands and struggles to walk through the American lines. Unfazed by danger, he welcomes the prospect of dying, but first, he loses his hope, and then his sanity. Lost among his hallucinations, Tamura comes to fancy himself an angel enjoined by God to eat no living thing--but even angels fall. Tamura is never less than human, even when driven to the ultimate sin against humanity. Shocking as the outward events are, the greatness of the novel lies in its uplifting vision during a time of crushing horror. As relevant today as when it was originally published, Fires on the Plain will strike a chord with anyone who has lived through the horrors of war. ...
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ISBN10: 0804813795, ISBN13: 9780804813792, [publisher: Tuttle Publishing, Tokyo] Softcover NOT the later 2001 trade reprint edition. Mass market paperback in black, red and violet illustrated wraps. 8th Tuttle printing, 1984. Not ex-lib. 246pp. + note on author and publisher's list. Translated by Ivan Morris. Gold price-band tipped-in bfore pre-title page. Near Fine. Mild spine slant toward lower end with no effect on tight, strong binding. Verybright, sharp wraps; pages clean and unmaerked. Not ex-lib.
[Lewisburg, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
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ISBN10: 0804813795, ISBN13: 9780804813792, [publisher: TUTTLE PUB] Softcover &Uumlber den AutorrnrnShohei Ooka (1909-1988) was born in Tokyo. He specialized in French at Kyoto University and was graduated in 1932, after which he made a name as a translator of French literature. In 1944 he joined the Japanese Army.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 1989]
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[Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]

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[Victoria, BC, Canada] [Publication Year: 2001]

Boston, Mass Tuttle Publishing 1989 Original ed. Trade paperback New in new dust jacket.

ISBN10: 0804813795, ISBN13: 9780804813792, [publisher: Tuttle Publishing, Boston] Softcover Paperback. "Written with precise skill and beautifully controlled power. The translation by Ivan Morris is outstanding." --The New York Times **Winner of the 1952 Yomiuri Prize** This haunting novel explores the complete degradation and isolation of a man by war. Fires on the Plain is set on the island of Leyte in the Philippines during World War II, where the Japanese army is disintegrating under the hammer blows of the American landings. Within this broader disintegration is another, that of a single human being, Private Tamura. The war destroys each of his ties to society, one by one, until Tamura, a sensitive and intelligent man, becomes an outcast. Nearly losing the will to survive, he hears of a port still in Japanese hands and struggles to walk through the American lines. Unfazed by danger, he welcomes the prospect of dying, but first, he loses his hope, and then his sanity. Lost among his hallucinations, Tamura comes to fancy himself an angel enjoined by God to eat no living thing--but even angels fall. Tamura is never less than human, even when driven to the ultimate sin against humanity. Shocking as the outward events are, the greatness of the novel lies in its uplifting vision during a time of crushing horror. As relevant today as when it was originally published, Fires on the Plain will strike a chord with anyone who has lived through the horrors of war. ...
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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]

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