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Translated by Jeffrey Angles

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From one of the foremost poets in contemporary Japan comes this entrancing memoir that traces a boy’s childhood and its intersection with the rise of the Japanese empire and World War II. Originally published in 1970, this translation is the first available in English.

japanese title: Juni no enkei
notes: Japanese title: Juni no enkei.
genre: Biography/Memoir
ISBN: 9780816672776
9780816679362
OCLC number: 788275769
publisher: University of Minnesota Press
publication place: Minneapolis
english publication date: 2012
document type: Book
description: xx, 243 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.