The Breaking Jewel

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ISBN-10: 0231126131
ISBN-13: 9780231126137
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publish Date: 01/23/2003
Dimensions: 8.40" L, 5.54" W, 0.41" H

The Breaking Jewel

byMakoto Oda
Translator: Donald Keene

Paperback

Price: $27.00

Overview

A rare look at the Japanese experience of World War II by a Japanese novelist and peace activist, The Breaking Jewel is set on an island in the South Pacific during the final days of World War II, when the tide has turned against Japan. The novel opens with the preparations of a small force of Japanese soldiers to defend a tiny and ultimately insignificant island from a full-scale assault by American forces. The narrative closely follows the character of squad leader Nakamura, the sole Japanese survivor of the battle.

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Oda compresses a lot of literary razzle-dazzle in these 116 pages... On one level we have the narrative of a good fighting story and on another level, a novel of race and class... [that] works on other levels of irony and myth. It is really an impressive job...The Breaking Jewel, indeed, fits our present times.–William Witherup "Pacific Reader "
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Details

ISBN-10: 0231126131
ISBN-13: 9780231126137
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publish Date: 01/23/2003
Dimensions: 8.40" L, 5.54" W, 0.41" H
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