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(*)(Translated by Gavin Frew) (★)´NI-0426´es mismo libro. This delightful collection of eight stories evokes life in early seventeenth-century Japan, a time when peace finally reigns after centuries of civil war. Tokugawa ieyasu has defeated his rivals to become shogun, and is busily establishing the regime that ruled the country for the next two and a half centuries. It is a period of political upheaval full of intrigue, rivalry, and betrayals. The samurai are still valued for their swordsmanship, and are a cut above the peasants, artisans, and merchants in the social hierarchy. Without battles to fight, however, these career warriors struggle to retain their sense of pride and meaning in life as they attempt to settle into mundane jobs and family life. Occasional flashes of the sword are tempered by the sympathies, conspiracies, kindnesses, and enmities arising between people from across the social spectrum. Fujisawa brings a distant culture richly to life, with characters that modern audiences the world over can relate to presented against a detailed, realistic historical backdrop. 2.Shuhei Fujisawa [1927-97] is an award-winning novelist best known for his historical fiction. His work has provided inspiration for many dramas for television and cinema, including the movie´The Hidden Blade [2004]´. Yoji Yamada´s ´The Twilight Samurai [2002]´, which swept the 2003 Japanese Academy Awards and won an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, was in part based on the title story,´The Bamboo Sword´.) |
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