Citadel in Spring

by 阿川弘之

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An autobiographical account of fighting on the losing side in the Pacific War. This book tells the story of a young man who has lost everything yet manages to come to terms with loss and despair.

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I can't say I felt there was much going on with this book. I didn't find anything bad or good about it. It was just a rather plain war novel with a very short chronicle of the Hiroshima bombing, which didn't even seem to fit into the main story.

If you haven't read Ibuse's [book:Black Rain] do so before you even think of reading this one. (

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Yomiuri Prize for Literature (Fiction – 1952)

Yomiuri Prize for Literature (小説賞 – 1952)

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An autobiographical account of fighting on the losing side in the Pacific War. This book tells the story of a young man who has lost everything yet manages to come to terms with loss and despair.

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