Shame and the Captives

Name: Shame and the Captives
Brand: Hodder & Stoughton
SKU: 9781444781274
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English

By (author): Thomas Keneally

On the edge of a small Australian town, far from the battlefields of the Second World War, a camp holds thousands of Japanese, Italian and Korean prisoners of war. The locals are unsure how to treat the 'enemy', though Alice Herman, whose young husband is himself a prisoner in Europe, becomes drawn to the Italian soldier sent to work on her father-in-law's farm. The camp commander and his deputy, each concealing a troubled private life, are disunited. And both fatally misread their Japanese captives, who burn with shame at being taken alive. The stage is set for a clash of cultures that has explosive, far-reaching consequences. See more

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Weight: 272g
Dimensions: 132 x 198mm
Publication Date: 12 Feb 2015
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781444781274

About Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published twenty-nine novels since. They include Schindler's Ark which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler's List and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Confederates and Gossip from the Forest each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent novels are The Widow and her Hero The People's Train and The Daughters of Mars which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2013. He has also written several works of non-fiction including his memoir Homebush Boy Searching for Schindler and Australians. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.