The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

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David Mitchell: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (Paperback, 2011, Random House)

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English language

Published Oct. 3, 2011 by Random House.

ISBN:
978-0-8129-8233-6
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OCLC Number:
940653465

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4 stars (4 reviews)

The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the Japanese Empire's single port and sole window onto the world, designed to keep the West at bay. To this place of devious merchants, deceitful interpreters, and costly courtesans comes Jacob de Zoet, a devout young clerk who has five years in the East to earn a fortune of sufficient size to win the hand of his wealthy fiancee back in Holland. But Jacob's original intentions are eclipsed after a chance encounter with Orito Aibagawa, the disfigured midwife to the city's powerful magistrate. The borders between propriety, profit, and pleasure blur until Jacob finds his vision clouded, one rash promise made and then fatefully broken--the consequences of which will extend beyond Jacob's worst imaginings. --back cover

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Enjoyed it lots. The setting is Nagasaki, Japan, primarily during the years 1799-1800. The scope ranges from the massive (nation building, global trade, political power struggles) to minute (a gnarled old herbalist living alone on the side of a mountain). We get a kaleidoscope of characters, and just about all of them have something to hide, some deal to be struck, some advantage to be taken.

It's historical fiction; it's a story of faith; it's a romance; it's an adventure. Recommended.

reviewed The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell

Review of 'The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

OK, who in the "David Mitchell" fan club is ready to read this one?

Enjoyed it lots. The setting is Nagasaki, Japan, primarily during the years 1799-1800. The scope ranges from the massive (nation building, global trade, political power struggles) to minute (a gnarled old herbalist living alone on the side of a mountain). We get a kaleidoscope of characters, and just about all of them have something to hide, some deal to be struck, some advantage to be taken.

It's historical fiction; it's a story of faith; it's a romance; it's an adventure. Recommended.

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