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| Author | Ōoka Shōhei |
|---|---|
| Original title | Nobi |
| Translator | Ivan Morris |
| Language | Japanese, English (translated) |
| Genre | War novel |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg (UK) Alfred A. Knopf (US) |
Publication date | 1951 |
| Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | 1957 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 246 |
| Awards | Yomiuri Prize |
| ISBN | 0-8048-1379-5 |
| 895.63 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.O575 Fi2 |
Fires on the Plain (Japanese: 野火 Nobi) is a Yomiuri Prize-winning novel by Ooka Shohei, published in 1951. It describes the experiences of a soldier of the routed Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines, as part of the Battle of Leyte and the Battle of Ormoc Bay, at the end of 1944, towards the final months of World War II.