So lovely a country will never perish
Subtitle: wartime diaries of Japanese writers
By: Donald Keene.
Series: Asia perspectives
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231151467; 9780231522724
Subjects: Nagai, Kafū, -- 1879-1959 -- Diaries; Takami, Jun, -- 1907-1965 -- Diaries; Yamada, Fūtarō, -- 1922-2001 -- Diaries; Authors, Japanese -- 20th century -- Diaries; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Japanese; World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan; World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war
Genres: Diaries; Personal narratives, Japanese
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The day the war began; title: The birth of "greater East Asia"; title: False victories and real defeats; title: A dismal new year; title: On the eve; title: The jade voice; title: The days after; title: The revival of literature; title: Rejection of the war; title: Under the occupation.