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<p>during The Second World War, The Japanese Government Stirred The People To Support Its War Effort With The Image Of &#8216;one Hundred Million Hearts Beating As One Human Bullet To Defeat The Enemy.&#8217; Kerri Sakamoto, Winner Of The Commonwealth Writers&#8217; Prize And The Japan-canada Literary Award For Her First Novel <i>the Electrical Field</i>, Draws On This Wartime Propaganda In Her Second Novel As She Casts Light On A Fascinating Figure From Wartime Japan: The Kamikaze Pilot. <br><br>these Devout Young Men Offered Their Lives To Fly Planes Into Enemy Artillery; Both Human Sacrifice And Deadly Weapon. A Cherry Blossom Painted On The Sides Of The Bomber Symbolized The Beauty And Ephemerality Of Nature. Coming Back Alive From A Sacred Mission Was Shameful Failure. To Succeed Meant Transformation Into An Eternal Flower &#8212; Reincarnation &#8212; As The Plane Exploded Like A Fiery Blossom In The Sky.<br><br>in <i>one Hundred Million Hearts</i>, Miyo Is A Young Canadian Woman Who Has Been Cared For All Her Life By Her Uncommunicative But Devoted Japanese-canadian Father. Her Mother Died Soon After Her Birth, And A Disfigurement Prevented The Left Side Of Her Body From Dev

Author

Sakamoto, Kerri

Publisher

Harcourt

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780151010370

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

2.95 / 5 (75 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14