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The Eternal Zero

Naoki Hyakuta

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English
Vertical Inc.
15 November 2015
With the 60th Anniversary of the End of World War II sibling journalists Kentaro and Keiko are given an opportunity to research the death of their astranged grandfather. Apparently he may have been a Kamikaze bomber, but there is much more to his story than just his death. His story is one of family, love and pacifism in the skies above the Pacific.
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Imprint:   Vertical Inc.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 215mm,  Width: 145mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   452g
ISBN:   9781939130822
ISBN 10:   1939130824
Pages:   352
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Naoki Hyakuta is a veteran author and news writer. Born in 1956 in the southern Japanese city of Osaka, Hyakuta is a drop-out from Doshisha University. While still studying at Doshisha, he made his acting debut for the TV series ""Love Attack"". And upon entering the media industry, he would leave college to begin his writing career for the TV series ""Detective- Night Scoop!"", on which he would write for twenty-five years. He would turn his attention to prose in 2006. He would then come to pick up a Eiji Yoshikawa Award fo New Literature in 2009. In 2013, he was awarded the Japan Megane Award for Literature for Forever Zero

Reviews for The Eternal Zero

On the surface, Naoki Hyakuta s novel presents an intriguing mystery as two modern-day siblings try to uncover the character and circumstances of the death of their grandfather, who died as a kamikaze pilot The novel brings humanity to the often faceless enemy in the realistic characters of the old soldiers who approach their past experiences in different ways. World Literature Today


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