Morris Ivan Ooka Shohei (17 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2009 printing. Clean except for a prior seller's ink stamp on the bottom edge of the booksoft cover shows only light edgewear, otherwise excellent.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Like New. 246 pp. Clean, fresh, sharp copy with very little shelfwear. Light wear on bottom edge. Muni Liebein (Cover Design) (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 3-4 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. original edition. 248 pages. 7.50x4.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Tuttle edition ; pictoriral photographic stiff paper wrappers ; ISBN: 0804813795 ; OCLC: 17518416 ; vi, 246 pp. ; 19 cm. ; The story is told through the eyes of a Private Tamura who, after being thrown out by his own company, chooses to desert the military altogether and wanders aimlessly through the Philippine jungle during the Allied campaign. Descending into delirium, Tamura is forced to confront nature, his childhood faith, hunger, his own mortality, and in the end, cannibalism. ; AS NEW [This listing contains text in Japanese JIS fonts]. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. original edition. 248 pages. 7.50x4.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. First edition first printing octavo hardback. 212 pp Very Good condition in Good + price-clipped dust jacket (some closed tears, tiny edge nibbles) . No inscriptions. A newspaper article about a Japanese soldier who hid for 30 years in the Philippines jungle after WW2 loosely enclosed.…

Paperback (VG-); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: USED Good. Poor Jacket. First Edition. Stated First Edition. Clean and tight. Slightly cocked. Dust jacket is rubbed with edge wear. Some loss at corners and at top and bottom of spine. Tears at top and bottom of spine. Some creasing, possible water damage. Now in protective bro-dart.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. cr 8vo, orig red cloth, small old round owners label to front pastedown corner, a vg clean tight copy in dustwrapper which is not price clipped and maybe just a tiny bit age toned but a vg complete wrapper, nice copy , great for a collection. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly rubbed, slight browning to back jacket, but overall largely orange jacket still bright and unsunned. Not price clipped (12s 6d), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 212pp. This harrowing book describes the experiences of a soldier in the routed Imperial Japanese Army on the Philippines in the final days of World War II. The story is told through the eyes of Private Tamura who, after being thrown out by his own company, chooses to desert the military altogether and wanders aimlessly through the Philippine jungle during the Allied campaign. Descending into delirium, Tamura is forced to confront nature, his childhood faith, hunger, his own mortality, and in the end, cannibalism. Considered one of the most important novels of the postwar period and based loosely on Ooka's (1909-88) own wartime experiences in the Philippines, the book explores the meaning of human existence through the struggle for survival of men who are driven by starvation to cannibalism. It was subsequently made into a prize-winning film by Ichikawa Kon in 1959. Quite a scarce book. Jacket by John Robinson (illustrator).…

Condition: Near Fine. dj. First US edition, first printing. Based on Ooka's own experiences, Fires on the Plain explores the disintegration of the human spirit amid the horrors of war. Set on the Filipino island of Leyte as the Japanese army collapses under the weight of the American advance in World War II, the novel follows a soldier's descent into isolation, starvation, and moral ambiguity. Within this devastated landscape, moments of compassion clash with terror, and the boundaries between hope and despair grow increasingly blurred. A modern classic, it remains one of the most powerful antiwar novels of the twentieth century. Faint toning and rubbing extremities, still near fine in very good edge worn and rubbed dust jacket, in mylar cover. Publisher's black cloth and teal boards, in Muni Lieblein dust jacket ($3.50).…