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After darkness

Christine Piper

2015297 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2015
first published
  • 2015Allen & Unwin · 297 pages · ENGISBN 9781760113117

It is early 1942 and Australia is in the midst of war. While working at a Japanese hospital in the pearling port of Broome, Dr Ibaraki is arrested as an enemy alien and sent to Loveday internment camp in a remote corner of South Australia. There, he learns to live among a group of men who are divided by culture and allegiance. As tensions at the isolated camp escalate, the doctor's long-held beliefs are thrown into question and he is forced to confront his dark past: the promise he made in Japan and its devastating consequences.

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent

When and where

ThemesWar

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  • Warmoderateunreviewed
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