After darkness / Physicians World War, 1939-1945 Promises Japanese
Piper, Christine, 1979-
After darkness / Christine Piper. - 297 pages ; 20 cm.
It is early 1942 and Australia is in the midst of war. While working at a Japanese hospital in the pearling port of Broome, Dr Ibaraki is arrested as an enemy alien and sent to Loveday internment camp in a remote corner of South Australia. There, he learns to live among a group of men who are divided by culture and allegiance. As tensions at the isolated camp escalate, the doctor's long-held beliefs are thrown into question and he is forced to confront his dark past: the promise he made in Japan and its devastating consequences.
Winner of The 2014 Australian/Vogel's Literary Award.
9781760113117 (paperback) 1760113115 (paperback)
Physicians--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Australian--Fiction.
Promises--Fiction.
Japanese--Australia--Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
A823.4
After darkness / Christine Piper. - 297 pages ; 20 cm.
It is early 1942 and Australia is in the midst of war. While working at a Japanese hospital in the pearling port of Broome, Dr Ibaraki is arrested as an enemy alien and sent to Loveday internment camp in a remote corner of South Australia. There, he learns to live among a group of men who are divided by culture and allegiance. As tensions at the isolated camp escalate, the doctor's long-held beliefs are thrown into question and he is forced to confront his dark past: the promise he made in Japan and its devastating consequences.
Winner of The 2014 Australian/Vogel's Literary Award.
9781760113117 (paperback) 1760113115 (paperback)
Physicians--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Australian--Fiction.
Promises--Fiction.
Japanese--Australia--Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
A823.4