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In 1861, after centuries of isolation, Japan finally has opened its doors to the West, and Lord Genji, a young nobleman with a gift for prophecy, joins forces with a group of Christian missionaries, a mysterious geisha, and a legendary swordsman to empark on a harrowing odyssey toward an ultimate battle. A first novel. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.
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Cloud of Sparrows slings an impressive amount of full-blooded plot material at us along with an intelligent weighing out of historical fact. Young Lord Genji is a samurai whose blood feuds with the Shogun go back centuries--his family have predictive powers that have shown him that his future lies in forming alliances with the incoming Americans. Emily is a young missionary who considers Japan to be a place where her looks will be considered hideous and she will be free of male attention; Heiko is the most beautiful geisha of her generation, and also a ninja assassin who has fallen in love with her prospective victim, Genji. And Stark is a gunslinger posing as missionary who has come to Japan to find a man he has sworn to kill.
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The strength of all this lies, in part, in the fact that both sets of characters are as exotic to us as they are to each other--Takashi Matsuoka is wittily smart about how much things change in a century and a half. He also writes brilliantly and excitingly when describing a scene of battle, a gun or sword duel. This is a startlingly good debut. --Roz Kaveney
"The book seizes you from start to finish."
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"The book seizes you from start to finish."
--The Washington Post
"Adventure-filled."
--Entertainment Weekly
--"The Washington Post"
"Adventure-filled."
--"Entertainment Weekly"
"From the Paperback edition."
"The book seizes you from start to finish."
--The Washington Post
"Adventure-filled."
--Entertainment Weekly
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- PublisherDelacorte Pr
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0385336403
- ISBN 13 9780385336406
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages416
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