Whispers from a Storm: Fragments from a Japanese Esperantist in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War

Whispers from a Storm is a collection of political writing by the Japanese human rights activist and Esperantist Hasegawa Teru (1912–1947). In 1937, the twenty-five-year-old Hasegawa sailed from her home in Nara for Shanghai to join the resistance movement against the Japanese Imperial Army’s invasion of China. Writing in Esperanto as Verda Majo, Hasegawa penned essays, open-letters, and reminiscences—stunning artefacts written with fire and pathos—for an international audience and translat...