James Clavell
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born
October 10, 1924
died
September 07, 1994
gender
male
place of birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
James Clavell, born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell was a British novelist, screenwriter, director and World War II hero and POW. Clavell is best known for his epic Asian Saga series of novels and their televised adaptations, along with such films as The Great Escape and To Sir, with Love.
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James Clavell. (2007, November 10). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:16, November 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Clavell&oldid=170595160
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Shogun by James Clavell avg rating 4.22 — 6,418 ratings — published 1975 32 editions |
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Tai-Pan by James Clavell avg rating 4.00 — 2,158 ratings — published 1966 35 editions |
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Noble House by James Clavell avg rating 3.92 — 1,543 ratings — published 1981 21 editions |
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King Rat by James Clavell avg rating 3.88 — 1,554 ratings — published 1962 20 editions |
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Gai-Jin by James Clavell avg rating 3.61 — 1,023 ratings — published 1993 18 editions |
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Whirlwind by James Clavell avg rating 3.49 — 512 ratings — published 1999 9 editions |
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The Children's Story by James Clavell avg rating 4.16 — 152 ratings — published 1981 7 editions |
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James Clavell - His Three Epic Novels: Shogun, Tai-Pan, and King Rat by James Clavell avg rating 4.57 — 44 ratings — published 2 2 editions |
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Thrump-O-Moto by James Clavell avg rating 4.25 — 24 ratings — published 1976 3 editions |
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Escape by James Clavell avg rating 3.56 — 25 ratings — published 1995 5 editions |
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"Leave the problems of God to God and karma to karma. Today you're here and nothing you do will change that. Today you are alive and here and honored and blessed with good fortune. Look at this suset, it's beautiful, neh? This sunset exists. Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now. Please look. It is so beautiful and it will never happen ever again, never, not this sunset, never in all infinity. Lose yourself in it, make yourself one with nature and do not worry about karma, yours, mine, or that of the village. "
— James Clavell
— James Clavell
"Isn’t it only through laughter that we become one with the gods and thus can endure life and can overcome all the horror and waste and suffering here on earth? …Isn’t it only through laughter we can stay human?"
— James Clavell (Shogun)
— James Clavell (Shogun)
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