Hirō Onoda

Au nom du Japon

No Surrender

My Thirty-Year War
February 6, 2020
Novel
320 pages
140 × 200 mm
20,90 €
9782358875974
978-2-3588-7597-4
Translated from Japanese by Sébastien Raizer
																Hirō Onoda, Au nom du Japon
																Hirō Onoda, Au nom du Japon

The story of Hirō Onoda, incredible story for the first time translated into French. A story of honour and boundless commitment, of faith in the superior soul of a nation, a story of madness and survival.

1945. The war is over, the armistice is signed. But at that very moment, the young lieutenant Hirō Onoda, trained in guerrilla techniques, is in the heart of the jungle on the island of Lubang in the Philippines. With three other men, he found himself isolated from the troops at the end of the fighting. All communication with the rest of the world is cut off, the four Japanese are hidden, ready to fight without knowing that peace has been signed. Over the years, the companions of Hirō Onoda disappeared and he remained, alone, an isolated guerrilla in Philippine territory, unable to accept the inconceivable idea that the Japanese had surrendered. For 29 years, he survives in the jungle. For 29 years he waited for orders and held his position. For 29 years, he fought his war, in the name of Japan.

The author

Born in March 1922, Hirō Onoda was a Japanese soldier posted on Lubang Island in the Philippines who refused to believe in Japan’s surrender until 1974. He died in 2014.

February 6, 2020
Novel
320 pages
140 × 200 mm
20,90 €
9782358875974
978-2-3588-7597-4
Translated from Japanese by Sébastien Raizer