Fires On The Plain par Shohei Ooka (1957 Secker & Warburg) 1ère édition 1ère impression

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Vendeur: drunkenmonkeysbooks ✉️ (381) 100%, Lieu où se trouve: Advance, North Carolina, US, Lieu de livraison: US et de nombreux autres pays, Numéro de l'objet: 362975625408 Fires On The Plain par Shohei Ooka (1957 Secker & Warburg) 1ère édition 1ère impression . "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 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. 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. Title: Fires On The Plain Series: n/a Author: Shohei Ooka Hardcover: 212 pages Printing: 1st Publisher: Secker & Warburg (1957) Language: English Condition: Very Good + (See Condition Notes) Condition Notes: 1st Edition Hardcover with jacket. Jacket is not price clipped. Foxing to page ends, modest toning of textblock; else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Also has foxing to jacket; else clean and intact. Jacket protected by an archival jacket cover. "Fires on the Plain portrays a man strained almost beyond the limits within which an individual can remain human."
  • Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition Hardcover with jacket. Jacket is not price clipped. Foxing to page ends, modest toning of textblock; else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Also has foxing to jacket; else clean and intact. Jacket protected by an archival jacket cover.
  • Year Printed: 1957
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Topic: Classics
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Region: Asia
  • Author: Shohei Ooka
  • Subject: Literature & Fiction
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Secker & Warburg
  • Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket

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