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The Resource Heaven and hell : a novel of a Manchukuo childhood, Takarabe Toriko ; translated by Phyllis Birnbaum
Heaven and hell : a novel of a Manchukuo childhood, Takarabe Toriko ; translated by Phyllis Birnbaum
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The item Heaven and hell : a novel of a Manchukuo childhood, Takarabe Toriko ; translated by Phyllis Birnbaum represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item Heaven and hell : a novel of a Manchukuo childhood, Takarabe Toriko ; translated by Phyllis Birnbaum represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
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- Summary
- "Takarabe Toriko's autobiographical novel Heaven and Hell is a beautiful, chilling account of her childhood in Manchukuo, the puppet state established by the Japanese in northeast China in 1932. As seen through the eyes of a precocious young girl named Masuko, the frontier town of Jiamusi and its inhabitants are by turns enchanting, bemusing, and horrifying. Takarabe skillfully captures Masuko's voice with language that savors Manchukuo's lush forests and vast terrain, but violence and murder are ever present, as much a part of the scenery as the grand Sungari River. Masuko recounts the "Heaven" of her early life in Jiamusi, a place so cold in winter her joints freeze as she walks to school. She accepts this world, with its gentle ways and terrible brutality, because it is the only home she has known. Masuko feels at ease wandering among the street vendors hawking their hot and sticky steamed cakes or watching the cook slaughter ducks for dinner, and takes pleasure in following the routines of her Chinese, Russian, and Japanese neighbors. Her world is shattered in 1945, when she and her family must flee their adopted home and struggle, along with other Japanese settlers, to return to Japan. This second half of the book, the "Hell" of refugee life, is heartbreaking and disturbing, yet described with ferocious honesty."--Publisher's description
- Language
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- eng
- jpn
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 132 pages)
- Note
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- Translated from the Japanese
- "Originally published as Tempu meifu by Kodansha, Inc., Tokyo"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780824876388
- Label
- Heaven and hell : a novel of a Manchukuo childhood
- Title
- Heaven and hell
- Title remainder
- a novel of a Manchukuo childhood
- Statement of responsibility
- Takarabe Toriko ; translated by Phyllis Birnbaum
- Language
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- eng
- jpn
- eng
- Summary
- "Takarabe Toriko's autobiographical novel Heaven and Hell is a beautiful, chilling account of her childhood in Manchukuo, the puppet state established by the Japanese in northeast China in 1932. As seen through the eyes of a precocious young girl named Masuko, the frontier town of Jiamusi and its inhabitants are by turns enchanting, bemusing, and horrifying. Takarabe skillfully captures Masuko's voice with language that savors Manchukuo's lush forests and vast terrain, but violence and murder are ever present, as much a part of the scenery as the grand Sungari River. Masuko recounts the "Heaven" of her early life in Jiamusi, a place so cold in winter her joints freeze as she walks to school. She accepts this world, with its gentle ways and terrible brutality, because it is the only home she has known. Masuko feels at ease wandering among the street vendors hawking their hot and sticky steamed cakes or watching the cook slaughter ducks for dinner, and takes pleasure in following the routines of her Chinese, Russian, and Japanese neighbors. Her world is shattered in 1945, when she and her family must flee their adopted home and struggle, along with other Japanese settlers, to return to Japan. This second half of the book, the "Hell" of refugee life, is heartbreaking and disturbing, yet described with ferocious honesty."--Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1933-2020
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Takarabe, Toriko
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Japanese
- LC call number
- PL862.A424134
- LC item number
- T4613 2018eb
- Literary form
- novels
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Birnbaum, Phyllis
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Children
- Japanese fiction
- Refugee children
- FICTION
- Refugee children
- Japanese fiction
- Children
- China
- FICTION / Historical
- Label
- Heaven and hell : a novel of a Manchukuo childhood, Takarabe Toriko ; translated by Phyllis Birnbaum
- Note
-
- Translated from the Japanese
- "Originally published as Tempu meifu by Kodansha, Inc., Tokyo"--Title page verso
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 132 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780824876388
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 22573/ctv107qq01
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1098213516
- (OCoLC)on1098213516
- Label
- Heaven and hell : a novel of a Manchukuo childhood, Takarabe Toriko ; translated by Phyllis Birnbaum
- Note
-
- Translated from the Japanese
- "Originally published as Tempu meifu by Kodansha, Inc., Tokyo"--Title page verso
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 132 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780824876388
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 22573/ctv107qq01
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1098213516
- (OCoLC)on1098213516
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