{"product_id":"2026600000249-secondhand-after-darkness-signed","title":"After Darkness (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Name on fep. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA haunting work of literary historical fiction, After Darkness chronicles the story of Dr. Ibaraki, a Japanese doctor living in Australia who is interned in a remote camp following the outbreak of World War II. Through a dual narrative that moves between wartime Australia and 1930s Manchuria, Christine Piper uncovers the moral compromises and buried secrets that define her protagonist's past, weaving a tale of guilt, identity, and the weight of silence. The novel's restrained, elegiac tone draws readers into a world where cultural displacement and ethical failure collide, rendering Ibaraki's inner life with quiet but devastating precision. Piper illustrates how war strips individuals of agency and forces a reckoning with choices long suppressed, making this debut a powerful meditation on complicity and redemption. Winner of the The Australian\/Vogel's Literary Award, After Darkness stands as a significant achievement in Australian literary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792229675227,"sku":"2026600000249-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/72b20a34-a1e1-4155-b275-671254d9dfee.png?v=1779273644","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000249-secondhand-after-darkness-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}