THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET, THE

EAN13: 9781400065455 • ISBN: 1400065453

DAVID MITCHELL

Description: The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the “high-walled, fan-shaped artificial island” that is the Japanese Empire’s single port and sole window onto the world, designed to keep the West at bay; the farthest outpost of the war-ravaged Dutch East Indies Company; and a de facto prison for the dozen foreigners permitted to live and work there. To this place of devious merchants, deceitful interpreters, costly courtesans, earthquakes, and typhoons comes Jacob de Zoet, a devout and resourceful young clerk who has five years in the East to earn a fortune of sufficient size to win the hand of his wealthy fiancée back in Holland.

Date Publication: 29/06/2010

Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE USA INC

Series:NOT AVAILABLE

Price: 23,50 €

Format: hardback

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Pages: 0