The Twilight World

came into this vaguely familiar with onoda's story and was hoping this would be an elaborate retelling of it considering it's a work of historical fiction, but it's told mostly straightforwardly and didn't leave much to imagination. that said, it's still a really good story and short enough that i don't regret the few hours i dedicated to reading it.

Spent an afternoon in the company of Herzog narrating a story so close to his heart of persistence in the face of any logic. What really struck me was the level of disappointment Onoda must have felt on confronting his years of fighting for a Japan that, when he returned to was transformed into a consumeristic nightmare for him.

If you read this in your head in Werner Herzog's voice, that's fun.

This is a crazy story.