Grass for my pillow
By: Saiichi Maruya ; translated by Dennis Keene
Contributors: Keene, Dennis, 1934-2007
Series: Pacific Basin Institute book
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780231126588
Subjects: Conscientious objectors; World War, 1939-1945; Fiction
Work titles: Sasamakura
Description: "Set in Japan during and after the Second World War. The story of Shokichi Hamada, a conscientious objector who dodges military service by simply disappearing from society, taking to the country as an itinerant peddler until the end of the war in 1945." -- Jacket.
Notes: Translated from the Japanese.
Table of contents: title: Grass for My Pillow --; title: Postscript: Sugiura's Travels.