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Revolving around the Pacific campaigns of World War II, this collection of short stories captures the events, personalities, and harsh realities of war in "Order of Precedence," "Folly," and "Colossus," in whch an elderly American veteran recalls the Japanese invasion of the Philippines and the 1941 death march. Original. 20,000 first printing.
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Sabina Murray grew up in Australia and the Phillippines. A former Michener Fellow at the University of Texas and Bunting Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University, she is the author of the novel Slow Burn. Her stories have appeared in Ploughshares, Ontario Review, New England Review, and other magazines. She has also written a screenplay titled Beautiful Country, commissioned by Terence Malick and starring Nick Nolte. Murray is the Roger Murray Writer in Residence at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.
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Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 2002
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Soft cover. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. "A Mariner original," 1st printing. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. "Set against the backdrop of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, The Caprices is a history told through individual lives. [connected stories] Two American soldiers lost in New Guinea, divided by prejudice, discover what holds them together. A young Indian officer of mixed blood fights for the British in Malaysia. Amelia Earhart experiences her last days as the Japanese prepare for war." "Not since Stephen Crane has a nonparticipant imagined war with such a feverish combination of passion and lucidity."---Valerie Martin. Pristine, clean & tight copy, no creases in spine, some slight age toning on pages, unread in AS NEW condition, quite presentable. Artikel-Nr. RUB466
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