My Beautiful Enemy
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (731 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1922079898 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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She lives in Brisbane, Australia.. Her first novel, Me and Mr Booker, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Pacific Region). About the AuthorCory Taylor is an award-winning screenwriter who has also published short fiction and children’s books
She lives in Brisbane, Australia.. Cory Taylor is an award-winning screenwriter who has also published short fiction and children’s books. Her first novel, Me and Mr Booker, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Pacific Region)
Arthur Wheeler is haunted by his infatuation with a Japanese youth from the enemy alien camp where he worked as a guard during WWII.Abandoning his wife and baby, Arthur sets out on a doomed mission to rescue his lover from forced deportation back to Japan, a country in ruins.
beautifully crafted, indescribably sad My Beautiful Enemy is the second novel by Australian author, Cory Taylor. The story is narrated by Arthur Wheeler who was, in 19beautifully crafted, indescribably sad Cloggie Downunder My Beautiful Enemy is the second novel by Australian author, Cory Taylor. The story is narrated by Arthur Wheeler who was, in 1945, a seventeen-year-old Army guard at Tatura, an Internment camp for Japanese in Victoria. There he met Stanley Ueno, a fifteen-year-old detainee, and "my heart had effectively melted inside me." What follows, in prose that is often achingly beautiful, is Arthur's recollection of the overwhelming effect this love/infatuation/obsession had on his life. Arthur's internal conflict . 5, a seventeen-year-old Army guard at Tatura, an Internment camp for Japanese in Victoria. There he met Stanley Ueno, a fifteen-year-old detainee, and "my heart had effectively melted inside me." What follows, in prose that is often achingly beautiful, is Arthur's recollection of the overwhelming effect this love/infatuation/obsession had on his life. Arthur's internal conflict . "‘Everybody has dreams about the life they might have led.’" according to Jennifer Cameron-Smith. This novel is about the relationship between a young Australian soldier, Arthur Wheeler, and a young Japanese prisoner of war, Stanley Ueno, from their youth to old age. Their love can never be acknowledged and for Arthur in particular as he recounts his story, it raises a life time of questions about what might have been in different circumstances and in different times.Arthur is seventeen years old in 19‘Everybody has dreams about the life they might have led.’ Jennifer Cameron-Smith This novel is about the relationship between a young Australian soldier, Arthur Wheeler, and a young Japanese prisoner of war, Stanley Ueno, from their youth to old age. Their love can never be acknowledged and for Arthur in particular as he recounts his story, it raises a life time of questions about what might have been in different circumstances and in different times.Arthur is seventeen years old in 1945. He is a guard at Tatura, an internment camp for enemy aliens. World War II is finally drawing to . 5. He is a guard at Tatura, an internment camp for enemy aliens. World War II is finally drawing to . "intriguing" according to mature reader. Set in wartime Australia, a young Australian guard at a prison camp for Japanese internees falls in love with a beautiful, worldly, precocious internee, a mid teen lad. The story unfolds in the first person, portraying obsessive desire which persists despite marriages and a conventional career. It takes the man to Japan decades after the war ends. The story, characters and language are all well crafted. An intriguing story which challenges the reader.