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少年Ｈ 下
Ｈ升上中學後，戰爭的陰影全面籠罩。除了學校的正常課業逐漸被軍事訓練與勞動服務所取代，還有跋扈的軍事教官將Ｈ視為不愛國的叛逆份子並加以凌虐。他毫不畏縮，依然堅強、率直地過生活。
隨著日軍節節敗退，戰局也蔓延至本土，神戶大空襲毀滅Ｈ家，甚至差點奪去他和家人的性命。最後，在一九四五年的夏天，日本投降了。雖然戰爭結束，但戰後殘酷的生活與錯亂的社會價值嚴重打擊Ｈ──「這場戰爭到底是為了什麼啊？」
「因為我老了，越來越想把自己知道的事情告訴孩子們。如果不把過往的記憶保存下來、傳達給下一代，這些記憶就會消失。」
《少年Ｈ》是妹尾河童的成長故事，他將個人經歷過的戰爭，寫成孩子們也能理解的內容。透過少年Ｈ純真的眼睛，讓年輕世代得知那場戰爭、那個時代的真實樣貌。
隨著日軍節節敗退，戰局也蔓延至本土，神戶大空襲毀滅Ｈ家，甚至差點奪去他和家人的性命。最後，在一九四五年的夏天，日本投降了。雖然戰爭結束，但戰後殘酷的生活與錯亂的社會價值嚴重打擊Ｈ──「這場戰爭到底是為了什麼啊？」
「因為我老了，越來越想把自己知道的事情告訴孩子們。如果不把過往的記憶保存下來、傳達給下一代，這些記憶就會消失。」
《少年Ｈ》是妹尾河童的成長故事，他將個人經歷過的戰爭，寫成孩子們也能理解的內容。透過少年Ｈ純真的眼睛，讓年輕世代得知那場戰爭、那個時代的真實樣貌。
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344 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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September 20, 2015
It's easy to understand why the generation who experienced WWII as children are anti-war. They suffered censorship, rationing, militarist drills, classes cancelled and replaced by factory work or farm labor, and then air raids, homelessness, and near starvation. They were taught to worship the emperor, that they lived to die for him, only to be told at war's end that that was wrong.
I expected the story to end when the war ended, but I'm glad the author took us through that difficult period of adjusting to new postwar realities among the ruins of Kobe. H's struggles with his family, teachers, and neighbors are an important reminder that even a huge event like a war is ultimately no more than the background for individual lives.
I expected the story to end when the war ended, but I'm glad the author took us through that difficult period of adjusting to new postwar realities among the ruins of Kobe. H's struggles with his family, teachers, and neighbors are an important reminder that even a huge event like a war is ultimately no more than the background for individual lives.
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