Clouds Above the Hill: A Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanese War, Volume 1

by Ryōtarō Shiba

Clouds above the Hill is one of the best-selling novels 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 features Japan's emerging onto the world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138858862
• ISBN13: 9781138858862
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"