Harp of Burma
Winner of the prestigious Mainichi Shuppan Bunkasho prize, and the subject of an acclaimed film by Ichikawa Kon, Harp of Burma is the story of a company of Japanese soldiers who are losing a desperate campaign against British forces in the jungles of Burma during World War II. In the midst of...
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Winner of the prestigious Mainichi Shuppan Bunkasho prize, and the subject of an acclaimed film by Ichikawa Kon, Harp of Burma is the story of a company of Japanese soldiers who are losing a desperate campaign against British forces in the jungles of Burma during World War II. In the midst of overwhelming challenges they discover the power of music to make even the toughest situations tolerable, and though they face inevitable defeat, singing the songs of their homeland revives their will to live.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780804802321 (0804802327)
ASIN: 804802327
Publish date: December 15th 1989
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Pages no: 132
Edition language: Japanese
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
History,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
War,
Drama,
Asian Literature,
World War II,
Japan,
Japanese Literature
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