Shogakukan Children Publishing Culture Award
高空10000メートルのかなたで (少年少女創作文学)
This children's novel portrays a special attack reconnaissance unit attached to the Shimoshizu Army Air Division in Chiba near the end of the war, focusing on young soldiers sent into a cruel mission. Through the viewpoint of a young second lieutenant, it conveys lives disappearing beyond the sky and the pain of futures stolen by war.
Work Information
Through soldiers heading into the high sky, the novel looks at the cruelty of war and the young lives it takes.
Beyond 10,000 Meters in the Sky is a children's literary work by Shigeru Kagawa with illustrations by Nobuyoshi Arai. It is set in a small special attack reconnaissance unit attached to the Shimoshizu Army Air Division near the end of the war, depicting soldiers caught in a merciless operation. The height named in the title suggests both the distance toward battle and the distance by which young lives recede from those left on the ground.
Review Summaries
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The work is valued for presenting the cruelty of late-war operations and the deaths of soldiers as a requiem through a young second lieutenant. Though written for young readers, it does not soften the tragedy of war.
Book Information
- Publisher
- アリス館
- Published
- 1980-02-01
- Pages
- 221 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784752056072
- ISBN-10
- 4752056070
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
Amazon.co.jp: 高空10000メートルのかなたで (少年少女創作文学) : 香川 茂, 新井 信義: 本
Reviews
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残念、品切れか・・
この本に出会ったのは小学生のとき。 今でも主役にあたる学生上がりの地上勤務士官や、地元の少年たちの憧れ だった歴戦の操縦担当士官の姿が思い出されます。 久々に読みたくなったんですが、今となっては入手も難しいのだろうか？