Clouds above the Hill: A Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanese War, Volume 3

by Ryōtarō Shiba

Book Overview

Clouds above the Hill, a long-time best-selling novel in Japan, 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. Acclaimed author Shiba Ryōtarō devoted an entire decade of his life to this extraordinary blockbuster, which features Japan's emergence onto the world stage by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415508878
• ISBN13: 9780415508872
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"