Shogun

US: Gardners Books, 1999. Paperback. New. A bold English adventuer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love. All brought together in a mighty saga of a time and place aflame with conflict, passion, ambition, l ust and the struggle for power. Editorial Reviews Reviewers have cited the story itself as the source of Shogun's appeal. Gor ney of the Washington Post described it as "one of those books that blots u p vacations and imperils marriages, because it simply will not let the read er go," and Library Journal contributor Mitsu Yamamoto deemed it "a wonderf ul churning brew of adventure, intrigue, love, philosophy, and history." "C lavell has a gift," contended Schott in the New York Times Book Review. "It may be something that cannot be taught or earned. He breathes narrative. I t's almost impossible not to continue to read Shogun once having opened it. The imagination is possessed by Blackthorne, Toranaga and medieval Japan. Clavell creates a world: people, customs, settings, needs and desires all b ecome so enveloping that you forget who and where you are." - Gale Research A colossal work in every way...A huge panorama...but you won't want it shor ter by one sentence." - Cosmopolitan I can't remember when a novel has seized my mind like this one. Perhaps it was the author's Hong Kong novel Tai-Pan...James Clavell breathes narrative . It's almost impossible not to continue to read Shōgun once having op ened it. Yet it's not only something that you read-you live it...People, cu stoms, settings, needs, and desires all become so enveloping you forget who and where you are...It's irresistible." - New York Times.