Riding the east wind
By: Otohiko Kaga ; translated by Ian Hideo Levy.
Contributors: Levy, Ian Hideo, 1950-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Kodansha International; Distributed in the United States by Kodansha America
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Tokyo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
Subjects: Kurusu, Saburō -- Fiction; World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: A World War II novel on the experiences of a Japanese pilot who is the son of a Japanese diplomat and an American woman. The novel includes a description of his father's last-ditch negotiations in Washington to avoid a conflict.
Notes: "... an adaptation, with abridgements made with the author's permission, of the Japanese novel published by Kodansha Ltd. in 1982 under the title Ikari no nai fune"--T.p. verso.
"... based on the true story of 'the man [Kurusu Saburō] who failed to stop the Pacific War'"--Jacket.