The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
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ElyseoDaSilva
vor 8 Jahren
Etwas schwerer zu lesen als die anderen Mitchell-Romane, was am Handlungsort Japan im 17 Jh. liegt, aber trotzdem empfehlenswert.
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ichundelaine
vor 9 Jahren
Wie auch die Bücher davor, umständlich geschrieben und NULL Verbindung zu den Protagonisten.
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Imagine an empire that has shut out the world for a century and a half. No one can leave, foreigners are excluded, their religions banned and their ideas deeply mistrusted. Yet a narrow window onto this nation-fortress still exists: an artificial walled island connected to a mainland port, and manned by a handful of European traders. And locked as the land-gate may be, it cannot prevent the meeting of minds – or hearts.
The nation was Japan, the port was Nagasaki and the island was Dejima, to where David Mitchell's panoramic novel transports us in the year 1799. For one Dutch clerk, Jacob de Zoet, a dark adventure of duplicity, love, guilt, faith and murder is about to begin – and all the while, unbeknownst to him and his feuding compatriots, the axis of global power is turning...
The nation was Japan, the port was Nagasaki and the island was Dejima, to where David Mitchell's panoramic novel transports us in the year 1799. For one Dutch clerk, Jacob de Zoet, a dark adventure of duplicity, love, guilt, faith and murder is about to begin – and all the while, unbeknownst to him and his feuding compatriots, the axis of global power is turning...
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ISBN:9781594135781
Sprache:Englisch
Ausgabe:Taschenbuch
Umfang:838 Seiten
Verlag:Christian Large Print
Erscheinungsdatum:03.04.2012
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