Black Sun, Red Moon: A Novel of Java
A War, World War II, Historical book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and learned so much about events that were almost a footnote...
Drama and Tragedy during the Indonesian Revolution.... 'An ambitious, unconventional, compelling saga of men at war, captivity, forced prostitution, murder, political dirty tricks and mob terror in Japanese-occupied and revolutionary Indonesia. Rory Marron's Black Sun, Red Moon gives us an almost tangible glimpse of the chaos that was Java in 1945-46. His writing, infused with imaginative speculation, is sweeping, poignant, passionate and unflinching.' (Publishers Catalogue.)Japan's sudden surrender ends the Second World War but triggers the Indonesian declaration of independence from the Netherlands, catching the returning Dutch and 'Southeast Asia's peacekeepers', Britain, by surprise. In a chaotic, mistrustful peace Lord Mountbatten orders the Japanese to defend the white colonial order. Recent foes have no choice but to become allies...of a kind. In greatest peril are 80,000 European women and children interned by the Japanese. These defenceless civilians, abandoned and half-starved, some of them former sex slaves, become hostages to the...
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- Pages: 338 pages
- ISBN: 9780957630529 / 957630522
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This has been a very interesting read.Set against a fascinating historical period, it is well written, introduces a few solid, likeable characters.My only issue with it is that, like in the case of other stories with numerous point of view, not all are equally interesting. I personally found the female-reporter story and the Scottish... I thoroughly enjoyed this book and learned so much about events that were almost a footnote in history classes I took. My uncle served in Burma and would never talk about his experiences so this has helped me to see that period in context. Can't wait for the next book. Received the book as a Goodreads Giveaway~Okay, so... I started reading this book like, what, a year ago or so? If I knew that the first one hundred or so pages were nothing like the other half of the book I would have kept on reading. The first six chapters were reaaaally not my cup of tea: it was just too slow. There were five or...
