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Cloud of sparrows di Takashi Matsuoka
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Cloud of sparrows (originale 2002; edizione 2002)

di Takashi Matsuoka

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"Exotic, entertaining . . . [an] exceptional first novel."--San Francisco Chronicle The year is 1861. After two centuries of isolation, Japan has opened its doors to the West. And as foreign ships threaten to rain destruction on the Shogun's castle in Edo, a small group of American missionaries has arrived to spread the word of their God. They have yet to realize that their future in Japan has already been foreseen. For a young nobleman has dreamt that his life will be saved by an outsider in the New Year. . . and it is said that Lord Genji has the gift of prophecy. What happens next--when the handsome lord meets an appa rently reformed gunslinger and a woman in flight from her own destructive beauty--sets the stage for a remarkable adventure. For as this unlikely band embarks on a journey through a landscape bristling with danger, East and West, flesh and spirit, past and future, collide in ways no one--least of all Genji--could have imagined. Praise for Cloud of Sparrows "The book seizes you from start to finish."--The Washington Post   "Adventure-filled."--Entertainment Weekly   "Rich . . . with an ambitious, unexpected ending that cuts deeper than a samurai sword."--San Francisco Chronicle… (altro)
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Titolo:Cloud of sparrows
Autori:Takashi Matsuoka
Info:New York : Bantam Dell, 2003, c2002.
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Here's what I wrote in 2008 about this read: "Simple and easy reading, describing period at the end of Japan's isolation (1860's). Mystical and romantic, hard-to-truly-believe-in characters, but still fun to read and builds additional insights to Japanese culture and history." ( )
  MGADMJK | Jul 23, 2023 |
orre el año 1861 y Japón, tras dos siglos de aislamiento, se ha visto forzado a abrir las puertas a Occidente, con el consecuente choque entre ambas culturas. En el puerto de Edo se reúnen numerosos barcos extranjeros en busca de oportunidades en esas nuevas tierras; uno de ellos transporta a un grupo de americanos cuyo objetivo es llevar la palabra de Dios al pueblo nipón. Para dos de estos misioneros, sin embargo, el viaje supone algo más: la joven Emily Gibson desea dejar atrás un pasado incómodo e iniciar una nueva vida; también su compañero de viaje, Matthew Stark, tiene algo que ocultar bajo su pacífica apariencia: el suyo es un pasado manchado de sangre. El destino de ambos se cruza con el de Genji, un joven samurái heredero del clan Akaoka. Dotado con el poder profético que caracteriza a su familia, Genji intuye que su futuro y el de Japón están en manos extranjeras. Su amistad con los foráneos despierta el recelo de otros clanes, los cuales, tras años de enfrentamientos en su ambición por alcanzar el shogunado, declarán la guerra abierta a Genji. En este escenario de luchas fratricidas, Genji, ayudado por sus dos nuevos amigos y su amante, la geisha Heiko, defenderá su posición sorteando intrigas y traiciones.
  Natt90 | Jan 10, 2023 |
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Tweehonderdvijftig jaar lang heeft Japan zijn deuren voor het Westen gesloten houden. Nu, in het jaar 1861, dreigen Oost en West op een confrontatie af te stevenen. Terwijl Amerikaanse kanonnen de vestingmuren van het oude Edo bestoken, dreigt aan de macht van de shogun een einde te komen en het land in een bloedige burgeroorlog te worden gestort.
Dan zetten drie vreemdelingen voet aan wal, en krijgt een jonge Japanse krijgsheer een visioen: in een maalstroom van intriges en geweld zal een buitenstaander zijn leven redden...
Samoerai is een epische roman over het oude Japan. Liefde, hoop, oorlog, verandering, verraad en magie wisselen elkaar af in de mystieke wereld van geisha´s, ninja´s en samoerai-legers. In de strijd tussen goed en kwaad, op de grens van traditie en moderniteit, ontmoeten Oost en West elkaar.
De filmrechten van Samoerai werden vóór de Amerikaanse publicatie al verkocht aan Universal Pictures. Takashi Matsuoka werkt momenteel aan zijn tweede roman. ( )
  P.S.Dorpmans | Aug 24, 2020 |
This was an amazing novel. Entrancing and entertaining. I don't know if I would have picked it up were I not living in Japan, but I am so glad I did. ( )
  SMBrick | Feb 25, 2018 |
This book was given to me by a friend. It took me a while to start reading it, but once I started it, I couldn't put it down. Not always a fast read due to the constant change in time and place, it was nonetheless a great book that I look forward to reading the sequel to.
  sochri | Nov 21, 2017 |
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"Exotic, entertaining . . . [an] exceptional first novel."--San Francisco Chronicle The year is 1861. After two centuries of isolation, Japan has opened its doors to the West. And as foreign ships threaten to rain destruction on the Shogun's castle in Edo, a small group of American missionaries has arrived to spread the word of their God. They have yet to realize that their future in Japan has already been foreseen. For a young nobleman has dreamt that his life will be saved by an outsider in the New Year. . . and it is said that Lord Genji has the gift of prophecy. What happens next--when the handsome lord meets an appa rently reformed gunslinger and a woman in flight from her own destructive beauty--sets the stage for a remarkable adventure. For as this unlikely band embarks on a journey through a landscape bristling with danger, East and West, flesh and spirit, past and future, collide in ways no one--least of all Genji--could have imagined. Praise for Cloud of Sparrows "The book seizes you from start to finish."--The Washington Post   "Adventure-filled."--Entertainment Weekly   "Rich . . . with an ambitious, unexpected ending that cuts deeper than a samurai sword."--San Francisco Chronicle

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