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Am I ever glad I read this book!
It's a very long read - at 1000 plus pages, but what an adventure! An English sailor is stuck in Japan, in the midst of a war.
I love how it was written with all the unexpected twists and turns. I really enjoyed the uniqueness of all the characters and was completely absorbed in the Japanese culture (16th century).
Definitely on my 'favorites' list. I look forward to reading more from James Clavell.
I'd highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys historical fiction. ...more
It's a very long read - at 1000 plus pages, but what an adventure! An English sailor is stuck in Japan, in the midst of a war.
I love how it was written with all the unexpected twists and turns. I really enjoyed the uniqueness of all the characters and was completely absorbed in the Japanese culture (16th century).
Definitely on my 'favorites' list. I look forward to reading more from James Clavell.
I'd highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys historical fiction. ...more
six thousand five hundred and ninety two trillion names per second to keep track of. Good story, good history lesson... but six thousand five hundred and ninety two trillion names per second to keep track of.
This is one of the best novels I ever read and I believe it is one the best well constructed epic narration ever. I knew from other people that recommended it to me that it must be something good in this book, but I never expected that kind of masterpiece. I thought that maybe is somehow like Lord Jim, full of seaman language and navigation terms. Instead I discovered medieval Japan that it was extremely interesting.
The only thing that was somehow annoying is that in the edition I own, there are ...more
The only thing that was somehow annoying is that in the edition I own, there are ...more
My mother turned me on to this book after I had my wisdom teeth pulled and had nothing else to do (actually she tried to get me to watch the tv series, but I almost always prefer the book). I read this book about every two years. It drags about 3/4 of the way through as a caravan treks through the backwoods of feudal Japan, but otherwise it's an amazing piece of pulp fiction with intensely memorable characters, history and plot. Always a transportation to another time and world.
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