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Told in the matter-of-fact style and earthy language of the Japanese peasant, these are nineteen autobiographical accounts of the lives of women from the Hiroshima area who lost their husbands in the nuclear attack there, Taken together, their accounts are portrayals of the hardships of women's lives among the Japanese peasantry and poignant expressions of lament and anger over the killing of their husbands. Mikio Kanda is the author of numerous books on agricultural topics and is a journalist for the Hiroshima edition of the "Nihon Nogyo Shinbun" (Japan agricultural newspaper).
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Widows Of Hiroshima: The Life Stories Of Nineteen Peasant Wives
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22.0 x 14.0cms 184pp b/w illusts very good hardback & dustwrapper These women tell their stories of hardship in 'matter-of-fact style and earthy language. Seller Inventory # 20720230
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WIDOWS OF HIROSHIMA: THE LIFE STORIES OF NINETEEN PEASANT WIVES
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Macmillan, Basingstoke, 1989
ISBN 10: 0333466764
ISBN 13: 9780333466766
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. 183pp From the library of Erna Bennett with her attractive small bookplate and initials. Seller Inventory # 100468