Harp of Burma
- Paperback
136 pages
- Release Date
21 December 1997
Summary
A Symphony of War: Harp of Burma
Harp of Burma is Japan’s haunting answer to Germany’s well-known requiem for the First World War, All Quiet on the Western Front.
Winner of the prestigious Mainichi Shuppan Bunkasho prize, and the subject of an acclaimed film by Ichikawa Kon, Harp of Burma portrays a company of Japanese troops who are losing a desperate campaign against British forces in the tropical jungles of Burma. The young soldiers discover that the trials of wa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780804802321 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0804802327 |
| Series: | Tuttle Classics |
| Author: | Michio Takeyama, Howard Hibbett |
| Publisher: | Tuttle Publishing |
| Imprint: | Tuttle Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 136 |
| Release Date: | 21 December 1997 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 130mm |
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About The Author
Michio Takeyama
Michio Takeyama (1903 - 1984) spent his early years in Seoul, Korea, then a Japanese colony. Primarily an essayist and a scholar of German literature, he was for a time professor of German at elite universities in Tokyo. Takeyama won the prestigious Mainichi Shuppan Bunkasho prize for the Harp of Burma, and its publication propelled him to fame.
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