Tuttle Classics: Fires on the Plain (Paperback)

from baswood

An extraordinary novel: a first person account of a conscripted Japanese soldier's fight for survival on a Philippine Island during the latter part of the second world war. It is a gruesome story told in that matter of fact way that seems to be the hallmark of English translations of Japanese lit...

from stretch

A desperate Japanese army on a small Island in the Philippines, resorts to abandoning members of their own in a last-ditch effort to strengthen their ranks before the inevitable invasion. Private Tamura is one of these soldiers left to fend for himself, unable to return to his unit and unable to ...

from azfad

powerful and shocking account of a japanese soldier adrift in the phillipines at the end of world war 2. also contains the memorable phrase 'ambiguous underpants'.

from arubabookwoman

The end of World War II is approaching, and the Americans have arrived on the island of Leyte in the Phillipines. The Japanese are fleeing to the west coast in hopes of being evacuated. Tamura was separated from his unit when he could no longer carry his weight foraging for food due to his illnes...

from baswood

An extraordinary novel: a first person account of a conscripted Japanese soldier's fight for survival on a Philippine Island during the latter part of the second world war. It is a gruesome story told in that matter of fact way that seems to be the hallmark of English translations of Japanese lit...