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It's 1968. As war rages in Vietnam, a group of American deserters holed up in Japan plot their escape with help from local peace activists. Their destination: Sweden.
Based on true events, SWEDEN takes readers on an exhilarating journey from the killing fields of Vietnam to a fogbound fishing port on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, with stops along the way at a hippie commune in Japan's subtropical south and a student-occupied university in Tokyo.
SWEDEN is your passport to discover a part of American history you never knew.
Based on true events, SWEDEN takes readers on an exhilarating journey from the killing fields of Vietnam to a fogbound fishing port on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, with stops along the way at a hippie commune in Japan's subtropical south and a student-occupied university in Tokyo.
SWEDEN is your passport to discover a part of American history you never knew.
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940161671351 |
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Publisher: | The Mantle |
Publication date: | 07/28/2018 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | NOOK Book |
Sales rank: | 779,259 |
File size: | 820 KB |
About the Author
Matthew Turner was born in Greytown, New Zealand in 1961. After graduating from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, he spent a year studying Japanese language and culture at Nagoya University as a Japanese Government (Monbusho) Scholar. He was later awarded a second Monbusho Scholarship to conduct postgraduate research at Keio University. He has lived, worked, and traveled widely in Japan.
In 2007, inspired by the landscape prints of the ukiyo-e artist Ando Hiroshige, he walked from Kyoto to Tokyo along the ancient Nakasendo trail, a distance of more than 330 miles. He occasionally writes about his travels on foot and other miscellaneous subjects at www.thewalkingfool.blogspot.com.
Matthew Turner lives with his wife in Christchurch, where he works as a writer and translator. SWEDEN is his first novel.
In 2007, inspired by the landscape prints of the ukiyo-e artist Ando Hiroshige, he walked from Kyoto to Tokyo along the ancient Nakasendo trail, a distance of more than 330 miles. He occasionally writes about his travels on foot and other miscellaneous subjects at www.thewalkingfool.blogspot.com.
Matthew Turner lives with his wife in Christchurch, where he works as a writer and translator. SWEDEN is his first novel.
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