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Subject(s)

• Hasegawa, Teru 1912-1947—Translations into English [Browse]
• Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945—China—Personal narratives, Japanese [Browse]
• Fascism—History—20th century [Browse]
• Esperantists—Biography [Browse]
• Esperanto—History [Browse]

Translator

• Kuplowsky, Adam [Browse]

Summary note

"Whispers from a Storm is a collection of political writing by the Japanese human rights activist and Esperantist Hasegawa Teru. 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 translated here into English for the first time. Hasegawa's work interrogates the nature of patriotism, solidarity, and justice in the face of fascism and is as relevant today as it was more than half a century ago. Chief among the works in this collection is Hasegawa's unfinished autobiography, Inside Fighting China, an illuminating text that not only offers a rare glimpse into how women, refugees, and internationalists from all over China endured and rallied during a turbulent and bloody time, but also shines a light on one of Esperanto's most creative and prolific periods. Whispers from a Storm will introduce readers to an extraordinary figure of transnationalist history whose words will inspire and serve as a testament to the labor of the Esperantoj, 'those who hope.' "-- Provided by publisher.

Notes

Translated from the Esperanto.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Inside Fighting China
• Two Lost Apples
• May in the Capital City
• Love and Hate
• Victory for China Is the Key to Tomorrow for All of Asia
• To All the Esperantists of the World
• If Winter Comes, Can Spring Be Far Behind?
• Esperanto and Democracy
• The Misfortune of a Democratic World
• Japan : a Nation under Barbarous Rule
• An Age of Substitutes : Vignettes of Wartime Japan
• Women Workers in Wartime Japan
• A Profile of Japanese Students
• Japan at a Crossroads.

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Other title(s)

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

ISBN

• 9780824899639 (hardcover)
• 0824899636 (hardcover)
• 9780824899646 (paperback)
• 0824899644 (paperback)

LCCN

2024045638

OCLC

1456587041

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