Richard Wiley
Autore di Soldiers in Hiding: A Novel (Rediscovery)
Opere di Richard Wiley
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Two young Americans of Japanese heritage, Jimmy and Teddy, travel to Japan in 1941 to pursue their careers as jazz musicians. They get sucked into war between the US and Japan, never to be the same. I believe the expression is "carried along by events beyond their control". It is a story told from several different perspectives, one of which is the story of the Japanese people, in particular those living in
Tokyo during the war--a point of view that I have to admit I was not familiar with prior to reading this.
I have made a habit of reading aware winners on a regular basis; this novel won the PEN/Faulkner in 1987. I find that most of these aware winners are at least decent and occasionally I come across one that is a real winner for me and often it is by an author I have never read. Soldiers in Hiding falls into the latter category. I have read some very good novels in 2018, but this has been the best. I had to read the entire novel just to determine how I truly felt about some of the characters. My opinion in some cases was changing up to the last few pages. Some readers have described this novel as slow. Not for me. Richard Wiley is now someone who I am going to need to try again.… (altro)
Tokyo during the war--a point of view that I have to admit I was not familiar with prior to reading this.
I have made a habit of reading aware winners on a regular basis; this novel won the PEN/Faulkner in 1987. I find that most of these aware winners are at least decent and occasionally I come across one that is a real winner for me and often it is by an author I have never read. Soldiers in Hiding falls into the latter category. I have read some very good novels in 2018, but this has been the best. I had to read the entire novel just to determine how I truly felt about some of the characters. My opinion in some cases was changing up to the last few pages. Some readers have described this novel as slow. Not for me. Richard Wiley is now someone who I am going to need to try again.… (altro)
Peace Corps/ Korea: a story waiting to be told and he tells it here. There are so many vignettes (the rabbit hunting day, the special English classes with agendas that varied wildly, that sense of bewilderment and trust) which describe my own experience in Korea as a volunteer, a vanished life now. As I read, my wonder unfolded - so well does he evoke the late '60s, our confusion and our hope.
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.A loosely connected short story collection based on people living in or with some connection with Tacoma, Washington. I particularly liked "The Man Who Looked at the Floor". about a man who is a retired secret agent who thinks that "the man" is spying on him. So he asks his wife to go undercover and meet "the man". The problems is that the relationship goes so well that he wished he hadn't encouraged her. Some stories are memorable and some are forgettable. Overall the book is worth reading.
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- Opere
- 10
- Utenti
- 205
- Popolarità
- #107,802
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 31
- ISBN
- 32
- Lingue
- 1
Short stories, loosely connected, are sort of interesting and well-written. The frustration I have with this collection is the distraction of loose connections, story line to story line. The chronology, out-of-order, makes for a confusing timeline.