In the woods of memory /

"The novel focuses on two incidents during the Battle of Okinawa, 1945: the sexual assault on Sayoko, 17, by four US soldiers and Seiji's stabbing revenge. Narrations through nine points of view, Japanese and American, from 1945 to present reveal the full complexity of events and how war t...

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Main Author: Medoruma, Shun, 1960- (Author)
Other Authors: Sminkey, Paul (Translator, author of preface.), Ikeda, Kyle (author of afterword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, California : Stone Bridge Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"The novel focuses on two incidents during the Battle of Okinawa, 1945: the sexual assault on Sayoko, 17, by four US soldiers and Seiji's stabbing revenge. Narrations through nine points of view, Japanese and American, from 1945 to present reveal the full complexity of events and how war trauma ripples through the generations. Medoruma's first full-length English translated work"--
Physical Description:213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
ISBN:9781611720372
1611720370