Bibliograph

A diary of darkness, the wartime diary of Kiyosawa Kiyoshi, foreword by Marius Jansen ; edited with an introduction by Eugene Soviak ; translated by Eugene Soviak and Kamiyama Tamie

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A diary of darkness, the wartime diary of Kiyosawa Kiyoshi, foreword by Marius Jansen ; edited with an introduction by Eugene Soviak ; translated by Eugene Soviak and Kamiyama Tamie

Language

eng

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autobiography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A diary of darkness

Oclc number

39024697

Responsibility statement

foreword by Marius Jansen ; edited with an introduction by Eugene Soviak ; translated by Eugene Soviak and Kamiyama Tamie

Sub title

the wartime diary of Kiyosawa Kiyoshi

Summary

"Between 1942 and 1945, the liberal journalist Kiyosawa Kiyoshi kept at great personal risk a diary of his often subversive social and political observations and his personal struggles. It chronicles growing bureaucratic control over everything from the press to people's clothing. Kiyosawa pours scorn on such leaders as Premiers Tojo and Koiso. He laments the rise of hysterical propaganda and relates his own and his friends' struggles to avoid arrest. He writes in gripping detail about increasing poverty, crime, and disorder."

resource.variantTitle

Wartime diary of Kiyosawa Kiyoshi

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