Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Registered by BookGroupMan of Chester, Cheshire United Kingdom on 3/23/2014
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
1 journaler for this copy...
A great find at a charity 'yard sale' (I mean garage sale), from a great author...
(03/11/16) This is a fascinating glimpse of the closed Japanese society on the cusp of the C19th, and the strange floating trading base that the Dutch had in Nagasaki.
The story of forbidden love, politics and affairs of state and commerce is fascinating, but in my opinion secondary to the backdrop of an alien and largely unreported time and place.
(03/11/16) This is a fascinating glimpse of the closed Japanese society on the cusp of the C19th, and the strange floating trading base that the Dutch had in Nagasaki.
The story of forbidden love, politics and affairs of state and commerce is fascinating, but in my opinion secondary to the backdrop of an alien and largely unreported time and place.
Passed on to a family friend who I'm sure will love this for its history as much as the fine writing.
