Nicholas Trelawney, Mail on Sunday
''A passionate portrait of suffering ... a strange and gripping tale of a nation''s deflowerment''
The Times
''A herculean achievement . . . strong plot and strong characterisation''
Daily Telegraph
''A world of intrigue, violence and betrayal, where the only certainty is that that no-one can be trusted''
Chicago Sun-Times
''GAI-JIN is a major read''
New York Times
''A grand historical perspective . . . absorbing . . . full of rich characters and complicated
內容簡介:
This is James Clavell''s tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both entertaining and incisive, SHOGUN is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world.Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien of shores, the novel charts Blackthorne''s rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the hights of trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.
關於作者:
James Clavell, the son of a Royal Navy family, was educated in Portsmouth before, as a young artillery officer, he was captured by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore. It was on this experience that his bestselling novel KING RAT was based. He maintained this oriental interest in his other great works: TAI-PAN, SHOGUN, NOBLE HOUSE and GAI JIN.