Pika-don»: Una historia real

by George Bishop

240 pages, Paperback

Published November 5, 1999

About the author

George Bishop, Jr., worked as an actor for eight years in Los Angeles before traveling overseas as a volunteer English teacher to Czechoslovakia in 1992. He enjoyed the ex-pat life so much that he stayed on, living and teaching in Turkey, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, India, and most recently, Japan. He holds a BA from Loyola University in New Orleans, an MFA from the University of North Carolina in Wilmington, and an MA from the School for International Training in Vermont.

His stories and essays have appeared in publications such as The Oxford American, The Third Coast, Press, American Writing, and Vorm (in Dutch). His first novel, Letter to My Daughter was published by Ballantine Books in 2010; his second, The Night of the Comet, came out the summer 2013, also with Ballantine.

Reviews

[Maximiliano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cuenta la historia desde la perspectiva de un Jesuita.
Describe la situación de los Cristianos en Japón, y en el ejército japonés.
Describe brevemente el proyecto Manhattan, las dos misiones de bombardeo y sus consecuencias en el terreno y la población.