The Twilight World
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Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: The Twilight World ISBN13: 9780593490280 ISBN10: 0593490282 Author: Herzog, Werner (Author), Hofmann, Michael (Translator) Description: The National Bestseller By The Great Filmmaker Werner Herzog In His First Novel, Herzog Tells The Incredible Story Of Hiroo Onoda, A Japanese Soldier Who Defended A Small Island In The Philippines For Twenty-Nine Years After The End Of World War Ii In 1997, Werner Herzog Was In Tokyo To Direct An Opera His Hosts Asked Him, 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 Fighting Was Over Herzog And Onoda Developed An Instant Rapport And Would Meet Many Times, Talking For Hours And Together Unraveling The Story Of Onoda's Long War 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 You Are To Defend Its Territory By Guerrilla Tactics, At All Costs There Is Only One Rule You Are Forbidden To Die By Your Own Hand In The Event Of Your Capture By The Enemy, You Are To Give Them All The Misleading Information You Can So Began Onoda's Long Campaign, During Which He Became Fluent In The Hidden Language Of The Jungle Soon Weeks Turned Into Months, Months Into Years, And Years Into Decades--Until Eventually Time Itself Seemed To Melt Away All The While Onoda Continued To Fight His Fictitious War, At Once Surreal And Tragic, At First With Other Soldiers, And Then, Finally, Alone, A Character In A Novel Of His Own Making In The Twilight World, Herzog Immortalizes And Imagines Onoda's Years Of Absurd Yet Epic Struggle In An Inimitable, Hypnotic Style--Part Documentary, Part Poem, And Part Dream--That Will Be Instantly Recognizable To Fans Of His Films The Result Is A Novel Completely Unto Itself, A Sort Of Modern-Day Robinson Crusoe Tale: A Glowing, Dancing Meditation On The Purpose And Meaning We Give Our Lives Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Penguin Books Publication Date: 2023-06-13 Weight: 0.35 lbs Dimensions: 0.41'' H x 8'' L x 5'' W Number of Pages: 144 Language: English
