The Twilight World

by Werner Herzog

Book Overview

The great filmmaker Werner Herzog, in his first novel, tells the incredible story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who defended a small island in the Philippines for twenty-nine years after the end of World War II

In 1997, Werner Herzog was in Tokyo to direct an opera. His hosts asked him, Whom would you like to meet? He replied instantly: Hiroo Onoda. Onoda was a former solider famous for having quixotically defended an island...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593490266
• ISBN13: 9780593490266
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.1"