Reviews

So Lovely a Country Will Never Perish: Wartime Diaries of Japanese Writers by Donald Keene

bookwyrm13's review against another edition

4.0

Fascinating look at political and social views of Japanese writers during WWII and the Allied Occupation, with the letters/diary entries interspersed with context and commentary from the author. While never justifying or excusing what was done, it is still an illuminating look at the time from a different perspective.