**'Completely transported me to the wonder and enchantment of ancient Ireland.' Callie Bates, author of _The Waking Land_** ** __** **** **Bard. Warrior. Rebel.** **** Eighteen-year-old Liobhan is a powerful singer and an expert whistle player. Her brother has a voice to melt the hardest h
Harp of Burma
โ Scribed by Takeyama,Michio
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 281 KB
- Edition
- Original ed.
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 146290355X
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โฆ Synopsis
Winner of the prestigious Mainichi Shuppan Bunkasho prize, and the subject of an acclaimed film by Ichikawa Kon, Harp of Burma is the story of a company of Japanese soldiers who are losing a desperate campaign against British forces in the jungles of Burma during World War II. In the midst of overwhelming challenges they discover the power of music to make even the toughest situations tolerable, and though they face inevitable defeat, singing the songs of their homeland revives their will to live.
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