Shiba Ryotaro

Clouds above the Hill (eBook, PDF)

A Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanese War, Volume 4
Redaktion: Birnbaum, Phyllis / Übersetzer: Cobbing, Andrew

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Clouds above the Hill is one of the best-selling novels ever in Japan, and is now translated into English for the first time. Volume IV begins with the dramatic battle of Mukden where Akiyama Yoshifuru's cavalry play a major part in the action against the Cossacks. Meanwhile, Admiral Togo's fleet sail to the Tsushima strait to intercept the Baltic Fleet en route to Vladivostok. With the help of Akiyama Saneyuki's strategies, the Baltic Fleet is totally destroyed and the Japanese fleet make a triumphant return to Yokohama. An epic portrait of Japan in crisis, Clouds above the Hill combines graphic military history and highly readable fiction to depict an aspiring nation modernizing at breakneck speed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134679232
• Artikelnr.: 40141886

Autorenporträt

Shiba Ryotaro (1923-1996) is one of Japan's best-known writers, famous for his direct tone and unfliching depictions of war. He was drafted into the Japanese Army, served in the Second World War and subsequently worked for the newspaper Sankei Shimbun. He is most famous for his numerous works of historical fiction.

Translated by Andrew Cobbing

Edited by Phyllis Birnbaum

Inhaltsangabe

PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR EVENTS
JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN FLEETS AT TSUSHIMA
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
MAPS
Part 7
translated by Andrew Cobbing
Part 8
translated by Andrew Cobbing
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR 1: ON BEGINNING TO WRITE CLOUDS ABOVE THE HILL
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR 2: ON VICTORY AND DEFEAT
GLOSSARY