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Title Statement | The twilight world / Werner Herzog ; translated by Michael Hofmann. |
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Author | Herzog, Werner, 1942- |
Additional Contributors | Hofmann, Michael,1957 August 25- |
Publication | ©2022New York: Penguin Press,2022. |
Extent of Item | 132 pages ; |
ISBN | 0593490266 9780593490266 |
Other Number | 4353019 |
General Notes | Translation of: Dèammern der Welt. |
Languages | Translated from the German. |
Summary | In 1997, Werner Herzog was in Tokyo to direct an opera. His hosts there asked, whom would you like to meet? He replied instantly: Hiroo Onoda. Onoda was a former solider famous for having quixotically defended an island in the Philippines for decades after World War II, unaware the war was over. At their meeting, Herzog and Onoda spoke for hours, and together began to unravel Onoda's incredible story. At the end of 1944, on Lubang Island in the Philippines, with Japanese troops about to withdraw, Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda was given orders by his superior officer: Hold the island until the Imperial army's return. Defend the territory with guerilla tactics at all costs. There is only one rule: you are forbidden to die by your own hand. In the event of capture, give the enemy all the misleading information you can. Onoda dutifully retreated into the jungle, and so began his long campaign. Soon weeks turned into months, months into years, and years into decades. In The Twilight World, Herzog immortalizes Onoda's years of absurd yet epic struggle. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Jungles--Fiction |
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction--Philippines | |
Guerrilla warfare--Fiction | |
Soldiers--Fiction--Japan | |
By Name | Onoda, Hiroo |
By Location | Philippines--Fiction |
By Genre | Historical fiction |