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Title: Troostmeisje. [First dutch language edition translated from the original english Comfort Woman, by Carla Benink].
Description: Amsterdam, Luitingh-Sijfhoff, 1997. Original coloured and illustrated glossy limp wrappers. 204pp. Glossary Korean-Hawaiian-Dutch at rear end. Dutch language strong autobiographical story of a young mixed blood korean-american girl, forced as a prostitute, a comfort woman, in a japanese armed forces brothel on occupied Hawaii. Literature on the topic is rather scarce. Paperback edition (as orig. publ.). Very fine copy.

Keywords: autobiography novel recollections pacificwar japanese occupation hawaii brothel prostitution comfort girl troostmeisje history slavery southeastasia occupation

Price: EUR 35.00 = appr. US$ 38.04 Seller: Antiquarian Booksellers Gemilang
- Book number: 52119