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Isaku is a nine-year-old boy living in a remote, desperately poor fishing village on the coast of Japan. His people catch barely enough fish to live on, and so must distill salt to sell to neighboring villages. But this industry serves another, more sinister purpose: the fires of the salt cauldrons lure passing ships toward the shore and onto rocky shoals. When a ship runs aground, the villagers slaughter the crew and loot the cargo for rice, wine, and rich delicacies. One day a ship founders on the rocks. But Isaku learns that its cargo is far deadlier than could ever be imagined. Shipwrecks, the first novel by the great Japanese writer Yoshimura to be translated into English, is a stunningly powerful, Gothic tale of fate and retribution.
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"Its evocation of ancient Japanese fishing culture is extraordinary in detail and verisimilitude. . . . It's a haunting read."-Los Angeles Times
"Haunting and austerely beautiful . . . A story of narrative simplicity, paradox and emotional depth that recalls the classic Japanese films." -The New York Times
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"Haunting and austerely beautiful . . . A story of narrative simplicity, paradox and emotional depth that recalls the classic Japanese films." -The New York Times
An evocative historical novel with a sting in the tail, Shipwrecks is a powerful and deeply moving Japanese classic, introduced by David Mitchell
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Shipwrecks
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Harcourt
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0151001944
ISBN 13: 9780151001941
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: like new. Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, New York, USA, 1996. First American edition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in red paper covered boards quarter bound in red cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Translated from the Japanese by Mark Ealey. This is the author's first novel to be translated into English. No internal markings and NOT ex-library. Book. Seller Inventory # PB-22CZ-GW0Z
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