Saga Japan

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen—Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne’s loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss.

This epic novel by master writer James Clavell, loosely based on the Namamugi Incident and Anglo-Satsuma War that took place in the late 1800s, is a richly researched, panoramic view of Japan’s budding relationship with the Western powers, its sweeping societal changes, and the political upheaval that followed.

From a European-Western perspective, much of what is related to the state of Japan, including its history and culture and the people who live there, seems not only foreign, but also in some ways inaccessible and incomprehensible. Those who do not deal with it explicitly often have no connection to Japan at all. This, of course, is also true of Japanese mythology. In contrast to Greco-Roman or Nordic-Germanic mythology, the level of knowledge about it in the West is rather low.

An immersive new 3D Spatial Audio edition of the classic epic novel that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he...

From the National Book Award winning author, an extraordinary, ground-breaking, epic multi-generational novel about a Korean family living under Japanese occupation. In 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea, Lee Woo-cheol was a running prodigy and a contender for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. But he...

The classical poetry of Japan focuses on direct experience of fleeting moments, in total contrast with its Occidental counterpart. These seminal poems were passed down orally, before great collections reassembled works of art spanning several centuries in written form as early as the 8th century, from the Kojiki to the Kokinshu. Later, a number of female writers rose to prominence (Murasaki Shikibu, Sei Shonagon); then in the 17th century, the haiku form became extremely popular, in large part due to the work of Matsuo Bashō, a prolific writer and traveler.

"Each chapter of this enrapturing novel is elegantly brief and charged with barely contained emotion." --New York Times Book Review A gripping debut set in modern-day Tokyo and inspired by a true crime, for readers of Everything I Never Told You and The Perfect Nanny, What's Left of Me Is Yours...

Available in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Snow Country. With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters—born to the...

Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction Named a Most Anticipated Book by New York, Time, the Boston Globe, Bustle, and Town & Country A life-affirming novel of family, mending, and how we learn to love, from the award-winning Bryan Washington. In Tokyo, the son works as an English tutor...

Nach Claires Abreise spitzt sich die Lage in Kyoto dramatisch zu. Ein tödlicher Konflikt erschüttert die Machtverhältnisse der Shinsengumi, während eine finstere Verschwörung die gesamte Stadt bedroht. Immer tiefer verstrickt sich Soji in ein blutiges Netz aus Intrigen und politischen Machenschaften. Unterdessen macht Claire in Yokohama eine Entdeckung, die sowohl ihr eigenes als auch Sojis Leben für immer verändern wird.

Herzklopfen zur Kirschblüte. Die angehende Fotografin Fiona ist überglücklich, als sie zu einer Reise nach Japan eingeladen wird. Es ist ein Stipendium, und ihre Bilder sollen anschließend in einer angesehenen Londoner Galerie gezeigt werden. Doch in Tokio stellt sich heraus, dass der Engländer Gabriel Burnett ihr Tutor sein wird. Ausgerechnet Gabe! Für ihn hat Fiona lange und unerwidert geschwärmt. Und Gabe hat sichtlich kein Interesse an einer Zusammenarbeit.

Dieses praktische Hörbuch nimmt Sie an die Hand und entführt Sie ins Land der aufgehenden Sonne. Erfahrene Kommunikationswissenschaftler stellen Ihnen einfach, kurz und alltagsnah die landestypischen Mentalitäten vor und wie diese das Verhalten der Japaner prägen. Sie erklären Ihnen die üblichen Umgangsformen, zeigen Potenziale für Missverständnisse auf und wie man sie clever löst. Alles ist klar strukturiert und konsequent am Alltag orientiert.

'Mongrel is so beautiful that I became lost in it . . . Simply, it must be read' LISA TADDEO 'A brilliant explosion of writing and storytelling . . . This feels like reading an Oscar-winning film' AISLING BEA 'Heart-shatteringly visceral and precise . . . a triumphant tribute to the self' WIZ...

The Timekeepers are a secret organization of kids who keep the course of history on track – and history needs them – a villain called DeLay is causing chaos! When the hands on their watches start to spin backwards, the Timekeepers know that DeLay has been up to no good, and it’s up to them...

”Josef Fritzl, och fyra andra brott som chockade världen” är en samling där du får ta del av brott som har fängslat, chockat och förfärat världen. Samlingen består av fem brottsfall, tidigare publicerade som enskilda titlar, och erbjuder en unik inblick i de brottsutredningar som...

It is as great an offence against a child to starve his mind as to starve his body. The Astorg Audiobook collection means to bring together the fairy tales, stories, myths and legends which have fed the children of many generations in the years when the imagination is awakening and craving stimulus and material to work upon.

We have selected for you nine of the best Japanese myths and fairy tales. Not unlike the western folk tales compiled by the Brothers Grimm, these stories faithfully preserve the spirit of medieval Japan, while rendered in a translation accessible to all ages.

Efter Japans nederlag under anden verdenskrig, var landet blot en skygge af det imponerende kejserdømme, det havde været i årtusinder før krigen. De japanske soldater blev henrettet på stribe for deres krigsforbrydelser, men paradoksalt nok lod man kejseren gå fri. Karl Eskelund besøgte landet i de vaklende efterkrigsår og talte med japanske borger, politikere og rettighedsforkæmpere om dette paradoks og meget andet. Bogen giver et unikt indblik i japanernes forsøg på at rejse sig som nation og finde en plads i den nye verdensorden. Karl Johannes Eskelund (1918-1972) var en dansk for

England, 1611, and young Hannah Marston envies her brother's adventurous life. When she stows away on a merchant ship, her powers of endurance are stretched to their limit. Then they reach Japan and all her suffering seems worthwhile until she is abducted and presented to warlord Kumashiro...

Der große historische Roman über die Einigung Japans und den Aufstieg des Shōgunats — jetzt neu verfilmt als Blockbuster-Serie bei Disney+. Im Jahr 1600 strandet der englische Navigator John Blackthorne an der Küste eines Landes, das erst wenige Europäer erreicht haben: Japan. Blackthorne bleibt nur wenig Zeit, um sich in der fremden Sprache und Kultur zurechtzufinden. Und er muss seine Vorstellungen von Loyalität, Mut und Moral hinterfragen. Schon bald gerät er mitten hinein in den Machtkampf der japanischen Fürsten, der das Land zu zerreißen droht. Blackthorne tritt in den Dienst des faszinierenden Strategen Toranaga.