Into A Black Sun

by Takeshi Kaikō

Book Overview

Into A Black Sun blurs the line between literature and journalism, drawing on his experiences as a war correspondent in Vietnam to present an immersive depiction of the war.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4902075911
• ISBN13: 9784902075915
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Kurodahan Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A Japanese correspondent covers the war in Vietnam

This may be the best book written about the American involvement in Vietnam. The smells, the mood, the feeling of Saigon all vibrate through these pages. Poetic, deeply insightful, moving; it conveys the hopelessness of the American effort in the most human terms, through the eyes of a romantic foreign correspondent. Though set in 1964-65, Kaiko seems to get the essence of the war, long before it played out. A brilliant book.