| #229813 in Books | Mariner Books | 2000-02-15 | 2000-02-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.48 x5.25l,.50 | File type: PDF | 192 pages | Great product!||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Truly great literature doesn't have to 400 pages|By Stretchkev|Shipwrecks is a story of a poor coastal village in medieval Japan as a young boy, Isaku, is coming of age. Isaku's father has sold himself into debt-bondage, so though only nine years old he has to learn the skills of an adult to help his mother support the family on the brink of starvation. The story develops slowl|.com |Although Akira Yoshimura is one of Japan's most prolific and celebrated authors, his work is little known outside of his native country. Shipwrecks, one of the first of his 20 novels to be translated into English, tells the tale of Isaku, a 9-year-
Isaku is a nine-year-old boy living in a remote, desperately poor fishing village on the coast of Japan. His people catch barely enough fish to live on, and so must distill salt to sell to neighboring villages. But this industry serves another, more sinister purpose: the fires of the salt cauldrons lure passing ships toward the shore and onto rocky shoals. When a ship runs aground, the villagers slaughter the crew and loot the cargo for rice, wine, and rich delicaci...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Shipwrecks (Harvest Book) | Akira Yoshimura. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
