First published in Japanese in 1966, the debut novel of the critically acclaimed author of "Singular Rebellion" is an unusual portrait of a deeply taboo subject in twentieth-century Japanese society: resistance to the draft in World War II. In 1940 Shokichi Hamada is a conscientious objector who dodges military service by simply disappearing from society, taking to the country as an itinerant peddler by the name of Sugiura until the end of the war in 1945. In 1965, Hamada works as a clerk at a conservative university, his war resistance a dark secret of the past that present-day events force into the light, confronting him with unexpected consequences of his refusal to conform twenty years earlier.
First published in Japanese in 1966, the debut novel of the critically acclaimed author of "Singular Rebellion" is an unusual portrait of a deeply taboo subject in twentieth-century Japanese society: resistance to the draft in World War II. In 1940 Shokichi Hamada is a conscientious objector who dodges military service by simply disappearing from society, taking to the country as an itinerant peddler by the name of Sugiura until the end of the war in 1945. In 1965, Hamada works as a clerk at a conservative university, his war resistance a dark secret of the past that present-day events force into the light, confronting him with unexpected consequences of his refusal to conform twenty years earlier.
Imprint | Columbia University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | August 2002 |
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Authors | Saiichi Maruya, Dennis Keene |
Format | Electronic book text |
Pages | 320 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-231-50157-6 |
Barcode | 9780231501576 |
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LSN | 0-231-50157-9 |