Gai-Jin

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Gai-Jin
James Clavell
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Gai-Jin

  • 4.00 ·
  • 6 Ratings
  • 32 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 13 Have read

The heir to the magnificent English trading company, the Noble House…the direct descendant of the first Toranaga Shogun battling to usher his country into the modern age…a beautiful young French woman forever torn between ambition and desire…Their lives intertwine in an exotic land newly open to foreigners, gai-jin, torn apart by greed, idealism, and terrorism. Their passions mingle with monarchs and diplomats, assassins, courtesans and spies. Their fates collide in James Clavell’s latest masterpiece set in nineteenth-century Japan–an unforgettable epic seething with betrayal and secrets, brutality and heroism, love and forbidden passions.…

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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Language
English
Pages
1056

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Gai-Jin: the epic novel of the birth of Modern Japan
2009, Delta Trade Paperbacks, Delta
in English
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Gai-Jin
April 1994, Random House
in English
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Gai-jin: A Novel of Japan
1994, Hodder & Stoughton
Paperback
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Gai-Jin
1994, Plaza & Janes Editores, Sabarcelona, Plaza & Janeś Editores
Paperback in Spanish
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Gai-Jin
May 1, 1993, Delacorte Press
in English
Cover of: Gai-Jin
Gai-Jin: a novel of Japan
1993, Eagle Large Print, Chivers North Amer
in English

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First Sentence

"THE PANIC-STRICKEN GIRL WAS galloping full speed back towards the coast, half a mile ahead, along footpaths that led precariously through the rice swamps and paddy fields."

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7438979M
ISBN 10
0385310226
ISBN 13
9780385310222
Library Thing
35860
Goodreads
2853917

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THE PANIC-STRICKEN GIRL WAS galloping full speed back towards the coast, half a mile ahead, along footpaths that led precariously through the rice swamps and paddy fields.
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August 5, 2010 Edited by IdentifierBot added LibraryThing ID
June 21, 2010 Edited by Lance Arthur merge authors
April 24, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs.
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April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from amazon.com record.