{"product_id":"shame-and-the-captives-by-tom-keneally-9781761341472","title":"Shame and the Captives","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf the legendary Schindler's List was not enough to showcase Thomas Keneally's literary mastery, then \u003cem\u003eShame and the Captives\u003c\/em\u003e surely will.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e NEW YORK DAILY NEWS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWill keeping the Japanese, Korean, and Italian POWs of the Second World War alive in Australia keep Australian POWs alive and well wherever they are?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTom Keneally brilliantly explores the intimacies of ordinary lives being played out against momentous world events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Gawell, New South Wales, a prisoner-of-war camp to house European, Korean, and Japanese captives is built close to a farming community. Alice is a young woman living a dull life with her father-in-law on his farm while her new husband first fights, then is taken prisoner, in Greece. When Giancarlo, an Italian POW and anarchist from Gawell's camp, is assigned to work on their farm, Alice's view of the world and her self-knowledge are dramatically expanded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat most challenges Alice and the town is the foreignness of the Japanese compound and its culture. Driven by a desperate need to validate the funerals already held for them in Japan, the prisoners vote to take part in an outbreak, and the bloodshed and chaos this precipitates shatter the certainties and safeties of all who inhabit the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46551707549932,"sku":"9781761341472","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761341472.jpg?v=1750007844","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/shame-and-the-captives-by-tom-keneally-9781761341472","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}