Bali's bastardisation--its descent from Oriental utopia to dystopian nightmare of contemporary tourism; from Eastern Eden to Western dumping ground--has become almost a staple theme of…
Argues that in a literary culture that glorifies the hero-soldier, 'the prisoner-writer was precariously placed'. Accordingly, the essay discusses a number of P.O.W. narratives and…
Includes sections on fiction, personal narratives, prisoner-of-war books, historical accounts and other works of interest.