Fires on the plain
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Morris, Ivan, 1925-1976, translator.
Published
Tokyo ; Tuttle Publishing, 2001.
Status
Westover - Adult Fiction
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Published
Tokyo ; Tuttle Publishing, 2001.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
vi, 246 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
"This haunting novel explores the complete degradation and isolation of a man by war. The book 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 larger 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."-- Adapted from jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ōoka, S., & Morris, I. (2001). Fires on the plain . Tuttle Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ōoka, Shōhei, 1909-1988 and Ivan Morris. 2001. Fires On the Plain. Tuttle Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ōoka, Shōhei, 1909-1988 and Ivan Morris. Fires On the Plain Tuttle Publishing, 2001.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ōoka, Shōhei, and Ivan Morris. Fires On the Plain Tuttle Publishing, 2001.
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