Taken Captive: A Japanese POW's Story

作者: Ooka Shohei 著

出版社: Wiley

出版时间: 1996-04

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780471142850

定价: 248.80

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 330页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

"IdonotknowwhetherIdozedofforpassedout,butthenextthingIrememberisgraduallybecomingawareofabluntobjectstrikingmybodyoverandover.JustasIrealizeditwasabootkickingmeintheside,Ifeltmyarmbeinggrabbedroughly,andIreturnedtofullconsciousness.

"OneGIhadholdofmyrightarm,andanotherhadhisriflepointedatme,nearlytouchingme.

"'Don'tmove.We'retakingyouprisoner,'theonewiththeriflesaid."

OnJanuary25,1945,PrivateOokaShoheioftheJapaneseImperialArmywascapturedbyAmericanforcesinthePhilippines.Neardeathfromstarvationandacutemalaria,hewasnursedbacktohealthbyhiscaptorsandshippedofftoaPOWcamp.TakenCaptiveishispowerfulandpoignantaccountoflifeasaprisonerofwar.LongregardedasaliteraryclassicinJapan,thisextraordinarymemoirisappearinginEnglishforthefirsttime.

Therearenoepicbattlesorgrandscaleheroics.Thisisanintimate,gripping,andultimatelyenlighteningtruestoryofasophisticated,middle-agedscholarthrownintoaprimitivestruggleforsurvival.Itisfilledwithmomentsofsublimeordinariness--prisonerspassingtimebyplaying"20Questions"--andheartstoppingencounters--alonesoldierdecideswhetherornottoshootanunsuspectingenemysoldier.

Theharshconditions,thedailyroutinesthatoccupyaprisoner'stime,andaboveall,thepsychologicalstrugglesandbehavioralquirksofcaptivesforcedtoliveincloseconfinementareconveyedwithdevastatingsimplicityandcandor.Throughout,theauthorconstantlyprobeshisownconscience,questioningmotivationsanddecisions.Whatemergesisamultileveledportraitofanindividualdeterminedtoretainhishumanityinanuncivilizedenvironment.

InTakenCaptive,OokaShoheiprovidesmuchmorethananunprecedentedlookatthePOWexperiencefromaJapanesepointofview.HisstirringaccountoffersapenetratingexplorationofJapanesesociety,anditsvalues,asembodiedbythemicrocosmofhisfellowPOWs.Recallinghiswartimeexperiences,OokaShoheihascreatedabrilliantworkofrarehonesty,insight,andemotionalsubtlety. OOKASHOHEI(1909-1988)wasacelebratedJapanesenovelistandliterarycritic,andauthoroftheaward-winningWorldWarIInovels,FiresonthePlainandTheBattleofLeyte.
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"IdonotknowwhetherIdozedofforpassedout,butthenextthingIrememberisgraduallybecomingawareofabluntobjectstrikingmybodyoverandover.JustasIrealizeditwasabootkickingmeintheside,Ifeltmyarmbeinggrabbedroughly,andIreturnedtofullconsciousness.

"OneGIhadholdofmyrightarm,andanotherhadhisriflepointedatme,nearlytouchingme.

"'Don'tmove.We'retakingyouprisoner,'theonewiththeriflesaid."

OnJanuary25,1945,PrivateOokaShoheioftheJapaneseImperialArmywascapturedbyAmericanforcesinthePhilippines.Neardeathfromstarvationandacutemalaria,hewasnursedbacktohealthbyhiscaptorsandshippedofftoaPOWcamp.TakenCaptiveishispowerfulandpoignantaccountoflifeasaprisonerofwar.LongregardedasaliteraryclassicinJapan,thisextraordinarymemoirisappearinginEnglishforthefirsttime.

Therearenoepicbattlesorgrandscaleheroics.Thisisanintimate,gripping,andultimatelyenlighteningtruestoryofasophisticated,middle-agedscholarthrownintoaprimitivestruggleforsurvival.Itisfilledwithmomentsofsublimeordinariness--prisonerspassingtimebyplaying"20Questions"--andheartstoppingencounters--alonesoldierdecideswhetherornottoshootanunsuspectingenemysoldier.

Theharshconditions,thedailyroutinesthatoccupyaprisoner'stime,andaboveall,thepsychologicalstrugglesandbehavioralquirksofcaptivesforcedtoliveincloseconfinementareconveyedwithdevastatingsimplicityandcandor.Throughout,theauthorconstantlyprobeshisownconscience,questioningmotivationsanddecisions.Whatemergesisamultileveledportraitofanindividualdeterminedtoretainhishumanityinanuncivilizedenvironment.

InTakenCaptive,OokaShoheiprovidesmuchmorethananunprecedentedlookatthePOWexperiencefromaJapanesepointofview.HisstirringaccountoffersapenetratingexplorationofJapanesesociety,anditsvalues,asembodiedbythemicrocosmofhisfellowPOWs.Recallinghiswartimeexperiences,OokaShoheihascreatedabrilliantworkofrarehonesty,insight,andemotionalsubtlety.
作者简介:
OOKASHOHEI(1909-1988)wasacelebratedJapanesenovelistandliterarycritic,andauthoroftheaward-winningWorldWarIInovels,FiresonthePlainandTheBattleofLeyte.

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