After Darkness
Book description
The winner of The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award 2014It is early 1942 and Australia is in the midst of war.While working at a Japanese hospital in the pearling port of Broome, Dr Ibaraki is arrested as an enemy alien and sent to Loveday internment camp in a remote corner of South…
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1 author picked After Darkness as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is such a well-written historical fiction, dealing with the little-known events surrounding the incarceration of thousands of 'enemies of the State' in Australia during WWII.
The novel follows Dr. Ibaraki, a Japanese man arrested in the remote coastal town of Broome after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Locked in an internment camp with hundreds of other prisoners, Dr Ibaraki's journey offers a fascinating insight into the lives of inmates as well as delving into the uncomfortable internal politics behind bars.
I thoroughly enjoyed Piper's writing style and as an Australian, the subject matter was both compelling and…
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