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Prisoners of the Japanese

Prisoners of the Japanese

Literary Imagination and the Prisoner-of-War Experience

by Roger Bourke
Paperback
Publication Date: 03/07/2006

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While there have been many memoirs and diaries of former prisoners of war held by the Japanese during World War II, this is the first book to analyze the major works of fiction regarding the prisoner-of-war experience. Covering such seminal works as Pierre Boulle’s The Bridge on the River Kwai, Nevil Shute’s A Town Like Alice, J. G. Ballard’s Empire of the Sun, and John Doyle’s Australian television drama Changi, the study also draws on the writings of Daniel Defoe and the Jewish-Italian Holocaust survivor Primo Levi. Striving for an international focus, the book examines literature from the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, and the Netherlands.
ISBN:
9780702235641
9780702235641
Category:
Military history
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
03-07-2006
Language:
English
Publisher:
University of Queensland Press
Country of origin:
Australia
Dimensions (mm):
228.6x152.4x17.53mm
Weight:
0.3kg

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