So sorry, I am not worthy of the honor of reviewing this novel.
Shakespearean in both scope and depth, Sh ō gun is, as the New York Times put it, ".not only something you read-you live it." Provocative, absorbing, and endlessly fascinating, there is only one: Sh ō gun. Endlessly compelling, this sweeping saga captivated the world to become not only one of the best-selling novels of all time but also one of the highest-rated television miniseries, as well as inspiring a nationwide surge of interest in the culture of Japan. Heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat action melds seamlessly with intricate historical detail and raw human emotion. Powerful and engrossing, capturing both the rich pageantry and stark realities of life in feudal Japan, Sh ō gun is a critically acclaimed powerhouse of a book. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne's loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss, and he is torn between two worlds that will each be forever changed. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom. After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen-Nippon. It has power, it has violence, subtlety and lots, lots more. My bet for the most satisfyingly popular novel of the year.
One of the great page turners of all time * Good Book Guide * Mr Clavell tells his story brilliantly * The Times * creates a world so enveloping you forget who and where you are * New York Times * I can't remember when a novel has seized my mind like this one. Unquestionably the best historical novel of its kind since Anthony Adverse * Los Angeles Times * SHOGUN is a huge exotic, blood-stained canvas of sixteenth century but still medieval Japan, rival warlords and proselytising Jesuits, geishas, seppuku, samurai with the death-with and a shipwrecked Elizabethan * Guardian * Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily * Daily Mirror *
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