The twilight world
Book |
Penguin Press,
New York :
2022.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial | FIC HERZO 2022 | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
In 1997, Werner Herzog was in Tokyo to direct an opera. His hosts there asked, whom would you like to meet? He replied instantly: Hiroo Onoda. Onoda was a former solider famous for having quixotically defended an island in the Philippines for decades after World War II, unaware the war was over. At their meeting, Herzog and Onoda spoke for hours, and together began to unravel Onoda's incredible story. At the end of 1944, on Lubang Island in the Philippines, with Japanese troops about to withdraw, Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda was given orders by his superior officer: Hold the island until the Imperial army's return. Defend the territory with guerilla tactics at all costs. There is only one rule: you are forbidden to die by your own hand. In the event of capture, give the enemy all the misleading information you can. Onoda dutifully retreated into the jungle, and so began his long campaign. Soon weeks turned into months, months into years, and years into decades. In The Twilight World, Herzog immortalizes Onoda's years of absurd yet epic struggle.
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Details
- ISBN: 9780593490266
- Physical Description: print132 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
- General Note: Translation of: Dèammern der Welt.LSC 34.00Translated from the German.