The Caprices

Sabina Murray · 2002 CE · Short Story · Modern / American · Contemporary

Nine stories of the Pacific War seen from Filipino, Japanese, Australian and American positions, among them Bataan, Burma and Guadalcanal. Murray, who is Filipino-American, gives no side the single claim to the war's meaning. A debut collection; filed under the American tradition by language and industry.

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