
"Written with precise skill and beautifully controlled power. The translation by Ivan Morris is outstanding." --The New York Times **Winner of the 1952 Yomiuri Prize** This haunting novel explores the complete degradation and isolation of a man by...


As the might of the Imperial Japanese Army is crumbling, so too are the tenuous ties with human society held by a sensitive soldier of World War II.



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In the Philippine island of Leyte, towards the very end of World War II, the Japanese army disintegrates as it is accosted by the advancement of American troops. Japanese soldier Tamura, hungry and sick, is forced to leave the hospital and wander through the jungle, the same...


"Written with precise skill and beautifully controlled power. The translation by Ivan Morris is outstanding." -- The New York Times **Winner of the 1952 Yomiuri Prize** This haunting novel explores the complete degradation and isolation of a man by war. Fires on the Plain is...

