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Honba

Cixin Liu

1969402 pagesabout 6–9 hours
1969
first published
  • 1969Shinoho-sha · 402 pages · ENG
  • 1973Knopf; [distributed by Random House] · 421 pages · ENGISBN 9780394466187
  • 1973C.E. Tuttle Co. · 421 pages · ENG
  • 1973Knopf · 421 pages · ENG
  • 1975Pocket Books · 423 pages · ENG
  • 1990Vintage International · 421 pages · ENGISBN 9780679722403

In Japan during the 1930s, a young man and his father discover they have conflicting views on patriotism, in a novel examining the nature of Japanese fanaticism in the years that led to war.

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