Beginning on August 9, 1945, in nagasaki, and ending in a prison cell in the us in 2002, as a man is waiting to be sent to guantanamo bay, Burnt Shadows is an epic narrative of love and betrayal. Hiroko tanaka is twenty-...Beginning on August 9, 1945, in nagasaki, and ending in a prison cell in the us in 2002, as a man is waiting to be sent to guantanamo bay, Burnt Shadows is an epic narrative of love and betrayal. Hiroko tanaka is twenty-one and in love with the man she is to marry, konrad weiss.