Shogun
(James)
An outstanding adventure that dazzles the mind and brings out emotion.
Shogun is a book full of love, war, death, religion, philosophy,
culture, and many other subjects. The book follows Blackthorne a
Englishman who has run ashore in feudal Japan and must adapt to their
culture quickly. After being captured Blackthorne is given to a Warlord
named Toranaga who holds Blackthorne's fate in his hands. The book is
full of interesting characters that will all play a large roll in the
big picture no matter how many times they appear. This book will teach
you many things from simple japanese words to cultural differences from
east and west. The enthralling action will keep most readers engulfed
in the book for hours. If action is not your thing, then behind the
action lies a love story unfolding right before the reader's. Possibly
the greatest portrayl of feudal Japan on paper. It will keep you going
from start to finish.Reviewers have cited the story itself as
the source of Shogun's appeal. Gorney of the Washington Post described
it as one of those books that blots up vacations and imperils
marriages, because it simply will not let the reader go, and Library
Journal contributor Mitsu Yamamoto deemed it "a wonderful churning brew
of adventure, intrigue, love, philosophy, and history. Clavell 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. It'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 become so enveloping that you forget who and where you are."
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