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Author:
Mitchell, David (David Stephen) 237650
Title:
The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet : a novel / David Mitchell.
Edition:
Random House Trade pbk. ed.
Publisher:
Random House Trade Paperbacks,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
492 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subject:
Deshima (Nagasaki-shi, Japan)--Fiction.
Japan--History--1787-1868--Fiction.
East and West--Fiction.
Trading posts--Fiction.
East and West.
Trading posts.
Japan.
Japan--Deshima.--Deshima.
1787 - 1868
Fiction.
History.
Historical fiction.
Notes:
[With reading group guide].
Summary:
Jacob de Zoet, having arrived in Nagasaki Harbor's Dejima in 1799, has intentions to make a fortune in five years and return home to Holland to win the hand of his finacée, but he meets the disfigured daughter of a samurai doctor and finds his plans changing and his life in danger.
ISBN:
0812976363
9780812976366
OCLC:
(OCoLC)707023239
LCCN:
2011389222
Locations:
N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)
CVPA586 -- Letts Public Library (Letts)

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