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Shame and the Captives (Hardcover)
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Shame and the Captives (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R579
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On the edge of a small town in New South Wales, far from the
battlefields of the Second World War, lies a prisoner-of-war camp
housing Italian, Korean and Japanese soldiers. For their guards and
the locals, many with loved ones away fighting, captive or dead, it
is hard to know how to treat them - with disdain, hatred or
compassion? Alice, a young woman leading a dull life on her
father-in-law's farm, is one of those with a husband held prisoner
in Europe. When Giancarlo, an Italian POW and anarchist, is
assigned to work on the farm, she hopes that being kind to him will
somehow influence her husband's treatment. What she doesn't
anticipate is how dramatically Giancarlo will expand her outlook
and self-knowledge. But what most challenges Alice and the town is
the foreignness of the Japanese inmates and their culture, which
the camp commanders fatally misread. Mortified by being taken
alive, they plan an outbreak, to shattering and far-reaching
effect. In a career spanning half a century, Tom Keneally has
proved a master at exploring ordinary lives caught up in
extraordinary events. With this gripping and profoundly
thought-provoking novel, inspired by a notorious incident in 1944,
he once again shows why he is celebrated as a writer who 'looks
into the heart of the human condition with a piercing intelligence
that few can match' - Sunday Telegraph.
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Imprint: |
Sceptre
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2014 |
First published: |
2014 |
Authors: |
Thomas Keneally
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Dimensions: |
240 x 158 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
392 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4447-8128-1 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-4447-8128-6 |
Barcode: |
9781444781281 |
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