A man murders his wife, wounds her lover, and sets the lover's home-with the lover's mother in it-on fire. Sixteen years later, 50-year-old Shiro Kikutani, a former high-school teacher serving a life sentence for this crime, is released. In jail, he had thought of nothing but freedom. His release, however, creates a series of obstacles for which he is not prepared. While he continually examines his conscience, he feels no remorse. On parole, he slowly begins to lead a normal life, and that life seems livable, until his new wife pressures him to express remorse he does not feel. Once again, Yoshimura has written a finely detailed, subtle, powerful story that explores the fragile life of a murderer and the quality of freedom in an unforgiving society.

On Parole

Literature & Fiction

Akira Yoshimura

Contemporary

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Shipwrecks

Canongate Books Ltd.

Japan is in ruins and occupied by the Americans. Hiroshima and Nagaskai have been destroyed.  Takuya, an ex-officer in the Imperial Army, has returned to his native village only to learn that the Occupation authorities are intensifying their efforts to apprehend suspected war criminals. And those who are found guilty are being sentenced to death. Fearing that his involvement in the execution of a number of American pilots will be discovered, Takuya takes to the road and becomes a fugitive in his own country.  One Man's Justice is a tale of timeless relevance that brings to mind two other classic anti-war novels - Bao Ninh's The Sorrow of War and Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front.

One Man's Justice

Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been destroyed. Japan is in ruins and occupied by the Americans. Takuya, an ex-officer in the Imperial Army, has returned to his native village only to learn that the Occupation authorities are intensifying their efforts to apprehend suspected war criminals. And those who are found guilty are being sentenced to death. Fearing for his life Takuya takes to the road and becomes a fugitive in his own country. One Man's Justice is both a reflection on the murky reality of war and a page-turning novel of pursuit and escape.

Translated by Mark Ealey, this is a vivid account of the Battle of Okinawa as seen through the eyes of a fourteen-year-old Okinawan schoolboy who served as a child soldier.

Typhoon of Steel: An Okinawan Schoolboy's Quest for Martyrdom During the Battle of Okinawa

History

Translated by Mark Ealey

Military

MerwinAsia

Senkan Musashi [Japanese Edition]

Shinchosha

Historical Drama of the Sea (Mass Market Paperback) (1981) ISBN: 4101117101 [Japanese Import]

ToÌ„kyoÌ„ : ShinchoÌ„sha, 1981

Parole (Mass Market Paperback) (1991) ISBN: 4101117292 [Japanese Import]

Nikolai distress (Mass Market Paperback) (1996) ISBN: 4101117373 [Japanese Import]

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