Unhappy Soldier: Hino Ashihei and Japanese World War II Literature

by David M. Rosenfeld

Unhappy Soldier chronicles the writings of Hino Ashihei, Japan's most popular World War II writer. Ashihei rose to national celebrity status during the Pacific War for his accounts of campaigns in China and Southeast Asia, works that identified and sympathized with the common soldier. Despite being linked to the nationalistic ideology of the wartime state and purged during the Occupation, Ashihei proved to be an enduring literary and cultural phenomenon,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739103652
• ISBN13: 9780739103654
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.3"