Senso: Japanese Remember the Pacific War

by Frank Gibney, Beth Cary

Overview

"Senso comes as close to anything I have seen to solving the mystery of obsessive Japanese reticence, even among themselves, about their war experience. ... Reading Gibney's English-language version of Senso convinces me of what I have long suspected: that the Japanese buried memories of the war not so they could live with outsiders but so they could live with one another". — The Australian

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563245886
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/1995
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.28(h) x 1.21(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

The translation of a fascinating and illuminating series of letters from its readers about their reminiscences of WWII, originally published 1986-87 in the Japanese newspaper, Asahi Shimbun, and later collected in a best-selling two-volume book, The War [Senso]: A Testimony Composed in Blood and Tears, printed by Asahi's publishing division. All of the letters relate to wartime experiences or opinions about the War, by civilians as well as soldiers, women as well as men. The present volume contains a selection of the letters, arranged by subject, with a brief introduction to each section which puts the letters in historical context. A Pacific Basin Institute book. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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