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Under the Sun

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Under the Sun is set in the closing stages of World War Two in the South Pacific. Flight Lieutenant Edward Strickland is a young RAF Spitfire pilot flying sorties over the Carolines and their outlying atolls. On a dawn patrol he is shot down attacking a submarine and ends up on a remote island occupied by a small Japanese garrison, that has remained undetected throughout the war. The garrison’s commander Captain Tadashi Hayama brutally interrogates his captive and a battle of wills develops between the two men. The scene is set for a contest where there will only be one victor. But events take an unexpected turn and the island becomes, for a while, a kind of Eden. The war is a distant memory that has no relevance to the rhythms and echoes of island life. Yet beyond its shores danger lurks and Japan’s capitulation after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leads to a climactic end which shatters the idyll forever. Under the Sun is not only a novel about war and its effects upon the human condition; it also explores the redemptive power of friendship and how it can surpass all odds, inspiring love and even sacrifice.

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Publisher: Arcadia Books Limited

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  • ISBN: 9780957330436
  • Release date: May 24, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9780957330436
  • File size: 231 KB
  • Release date: May 24, 2012

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Fiction Literature

Languages

English

Under the Sun is set in the closing stages of World War Two in the South Pacific. Flight Lieutenant Edward Strickland is a young RAF Spitfire pilot flying sorties over the Carolines and their outlying atolls. On a dawn patrol he is shot down attacking a submarine and ends up on a remote island occupied by a small Japanese garrison, that has remained undetected throughout the war. The garrison’s commander Captain Tadashi Hayama brutally interrogates his captive and a battle of wills develops between the two men. The scene is set for a contest where there will only be one victor. But events take an unexpected turn and the island becomes, for a while, a kind of Eden. The war is a distant memory that has no relevance to the rhythms and echoes of island life. Yet beyond its shores danger lurks and Japan’s capitulation after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leads to a climactic end which shatters the idyll forever. Under the Sun is not only a novel about war and its effects upon the human condition; it also explores the redemptive power of friendship and how it can surpass all odds, inspiring love and even sacrifice.

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