ISBN:
0804802327
,
9780804802321
,
9140043428
,
9789140043429
Language:
English
Pages:
132 Seiten
,
22 cm
Series Statement:
Unesco collection of contemporary works
Series Statement:
Library of Japanese literature
Uniform Title:
Biruma no tategoto
Keywords:
Geschichte 1944
;
Krieg
;
Japaner
;
Buddhismus
;
Birma
;
Fiktionale Darstellung
;
Japaner
;
Birma
;
Krieg
;
Buddhismus
;
Geschichte 1944
Abstract:
Near the end of World War II, the Japanese are facing defeat in Burma at the hands of the British Army. After Corporal Mizushima's unit surrenders he attempts to persuade other holdouts also to surrender without a struggle, now that the war is coming to an end. They refuse and in the final battle Mizushima is injured and rescued by a Buddhist monk. Thus begins a spiritual journey for Mizushima which ends with him adopting the robes of a monk and travelling the countryside, cremating and burying the war dead
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