Why a Booktrail?
WW2: Life in a small mountain-side village changes for ever..when 15 delinquents turn up, wanting shelter.
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids
What you need to know before your trail
15 teenage reformatory boys evacuated in wartime end up in a remote mountain village where they are feared and detested by the local peasants.
When plague breaks out, the villagers flee, blocking the boys inside the deserted town. Their brief attempt to build autonomous lives of self-respect, love, and tribal valor is doomed in the face of death and the adult nightmare of war.
Travel Guide
Japan
This is a Japan of two very different societies living side by side. It’s years after the second world war and society is in turmoil. A remote, traditional village is not the safe haven for young delinquents that you might think it should be. In fact it soon becomes clear that these two worlds are very different and far apart.
This is about Japanese history, of the ways the boys try to survive and the lengths they go to in order to do this. It’s about them and us, outsiders coming into an established society and after the WW2, some would say the breaking up of the new world order.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids
Destination: Japan Author/Guide: Kenzaburo Oe Departure Time: WW2
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