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Forced to grow up before his time, Isaku is faced with a number of mysteries, not least among them his own nascent sexuality and the legend of O-fune-sama - the merchant ships that wreck offshore providing the village with unexpected bounty.
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"Exquisitely paced" (Sunday Times)
"Haunting" (Guardian)
"A haunting and beautifully rendered tale of enduring optimism" (Herald)
"Has all the turbulent power of the sea" (Scotsman)
"Set against [a] tapestry of near-nihilistic misery, Yoshimura's chiaroscuro touches of hope and love hint at something more profound" (Times Literary Supplement)
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"Haunting" (Guardian)
"A haunting and beautifully rendered tale of enduring optimism" (Herald)
"Has all the turbulent power of the sea" (Scotsman)
"Set against [a] tapestry of near-nihilistic misery, Yoshimura's chiaroscuro touches of hope and love hint at something more profound" (Times Literary Supplement)
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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- PublisherCanongate Books
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1841951323
- ISBN 13 9781841951324
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages154
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