1st Edition
Clouds above the Hill A Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanese War, Volume 4
400 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
400 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
400 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Clouds above the Hill is the best-selling novel ever in Japan, and is now translated into English for the first time. An epic portrait of Japan in crisis, it combines graphic military history and highly readable fiction to depict an aspiring nation modernizing at breakneck speed. Best-selling author Shiba Ryōtarō devoted an entire decade of his life to this extraordinary blockbuster, which... Read more
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS, CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR EVENTS, JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN FLEETS AT TSUSHIMA, A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR, MAPS, Part 7, translated by Andrew Cobbing, Part 8, translated by Andrew Cobbing, A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR 1: ON BEGINNING TO WRITE CLOUDS ABOVE THE HILL, A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR 2: ON VICTORY AND DEFEAT, GLOSSARY
Biography
Shiba Ryōtarō (1923-1996) is one of Japan's best-known writers, famous for his direct tone and unfliching depictions of war. He was drafted into the Japanese Army, served in the Second World War and subsequently worked for the newspaper Sankei Shimbun. He is most famous for his numerous works of historical fiction.
Translated by Andrew Cobbing
Edited by Phyllis Birnbaum
