Eiji Yoshikawa
Hardcover | Pages: 970 pages Rating: 4.46 | 14151 Users | 943 Reviews
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| Title | : | Musashi (Musashi #Complete) |
| Author | : | Eiji Yoshikawa |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 970 pages |
| Published | : | July 14th 1995 by Kodansha International (first published 1935) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Classics. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature |
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The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Musashi is a novel in the best tradition of Japanese story telling. It is a living story, subtle and imaginative, teeming with memorable characters, many of them historical. Interweaving themes of unrequited love, misguided revenge, filial piety and absolute dedication to the Way of the Samurai, it depicts vividly a world Westerners know only vaguely.Point Books During Musashi (Musashi #Complete)
| Original Title: | 宮本æ¦è”µ [Miyamoto Musashi] |
| ISBN: | 4770019572 (ISBN13: 9784770019578) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Musashi #Complete |
| Characters: | Miyamoto Musashi, Osugi Hon'iden, Otsu, Takuan, Matahachi Hon'iden, Jotaro Tanzaemon, Sasaki Kojiro |
| Setting: | Japan,1600 |
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Ratings: 4.46 From 14151 Users | 943 ReviewsWrite Up Of Books Musashi (Musashi #Complete)
5 stars for sheer enjoyment and immersion in another time and culture. This book has easily landed on my favourites list. Despite its nearly thousand pages I was fully immersed in the story of Miyamoto Musashi and never felt like I was slogging through an enormous tome. To be fair the beginning is a little rough, but Eiji Yoshikawa does an excellent job at keeping things moving as we follow the famous sword-saint of early Tokugawa-era Japan in his growth from a callow, bullying youth into a manAn excellent book about the most famous swordsman of all time, Musashi. Closely follows his historical life, so many threads aren't always picked up in a normal narrative fashion. Thoroughly enjoyed all 1000 pages.
Being an enormous fan of the manga Vagabond I decided to read Eiji Yoshikawa's version on Musashi, and I have to admit that story-wise the novel is way better than the manga. Of course, one can expect that when comparing a novel to a manga, but still, here the characters and story acquire so many different dimensions it's mind blowing. Adding to the fact that events aren't as exaggerated as in the manga (as the art usually does), this gives the story a much more real, much more serious vibe,
Written in the early twentieth century, this indigenous Japanese novel recounts the life & times of old Japan's greatest swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi -- a man who began life as an over-eager and rather brutish young lout but who, through the discipline of Japan's "way of the sword," turned himself into a master of his chosen weapon. But this tale is not only one of a life spent in training to perfect the art of killing with a sharpened piece of steel. In the venerable Japanese tradition, it
As a fan of epic fantasy, I was surprised by how much this was right in my wheelhouse, and I think this should be better-known among SF fans. It's a classic bildungsroman with epic battles, tragic romances, fun if somewhat archetypal characters, and a tremendous amount of cultural flavor and historical information.It was published serially, and as a result is extremely episodic, which isn't a flaw precisely, although it does slow down the pacing and make it a trifle choppy. It's also got a bit
I didn't like this book. It consisted of boring parts, punctuated by parts where the main character and maybe other characters, would go do something really stupid because of their bizarre moral codes or lack thereof. The book is old enough that the levels of sexism in it are absurd, and parts of it got me so annoyed that I was really distracted from the plot. I suppose it's interesting to get a perspective on a VERY different culture, but half the time I couldn't fathom any conceivable logical
Intimidated by its length for such a 7-book novel, I did not think I would finish reading this epic novel of a master samurai named Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584-1645), one of the great Japanese swordsmen in 16th century Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto...). However, it is not simply a novel of ruthless, gory and god-like fights we might have read in the same genre or guessed from its brutal-looking cover, rather it is a classic samurai novel penned brilliantly by Eiji Yoshikawa since
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