The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
David Mitchell's novels have captivated critics and readers alike, as his Man Booker shortlistings and Richard & Judy Book of the Year award attest. Now he has written a masterpiece. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is the kind of book that comes along once in a decade enthralling in its storytelling, imagination and scope.
Set at a turning point in history on a tiny island attached to mainland Japan, David Mitchell's tale of power, passion and integrity transports us to a world that is at once exotic and familiar: an extraordinary place and an era when news from abroad took months to arrive, yet when people behaved as they always do - loving, lusting and yearning, cheating, fighting and killing.
Bringing to vivid life a tectonic shift between East and West, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is dramatic, funny, heartbreaking, enlightening and thought-provoking. Reading it is an unforgettable experience.
About the Author
David Mitchell's first novel, Ghostwritten, was awarded the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. His second novel, Number9dream, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize as well as the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In 2003, his third novel, Cloud Atlas, was shortlisted for six awards including the Man Booker Prize and won the British Book Awards Best Literary Fiction and South Bank Show Literature Prize. His previous novel, Black Swan Green, was shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award.
Format: Paperback | 560 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.9 x 3.5 | 390g
Publication Date: 01 Mar 2011
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint: Sceptre
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0340921587
ISBN13: 9780340921586
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some damage to the cover including scuff marks and creasing, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.