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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

By: David Mitchell
Narrated by: Jemma Redgrave, Andrew Wincott
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The Sunday Times number one best seller, from the author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks.

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010.

Be transported to a place like no other: a tiny, man-made island in the bay of Nagasaki, for 200 years the sole gateway between Japan and the West. Here, in the dying days of the 18th century, a young Dutch clerk arrives to make his fortune. Instead he loses his heart.

Step onto the streets of Dejima and mingle with scheming traders, spies, interpreters, servants and concubines as two cultures converge. In a tale of integrity and corruption, passion and power, the key is control - of riches and minds and over death itself.

©2010 David Mitchell (P)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Historical Fiction Fiction Heartfelt Thought-Provoking

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well written, though slightly long-winded in places. I appreciated the glimpse into Dutch and Japanese culture. The timeline was neat and well crafted. Not a fave, but a good book

I liked the idea and the setting

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Every Mitchell novel I read is better than the last. This is one I will remember for along time.

Wonderful

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at times gripping at other times a fantastic insight into Dutch and Japanese history.

an excellent fantastical realism.

Beautiful words tell a fantastic story

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Wonderful description of Japan and the VOC; excellent characters. Clearly well researched but not in the least dry.
It could have done as well without certain graphic descriptions of bodily functions

A superb story

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Loved this book. Compelling narrative and great characterisation. Also enjoyed the historical aspect.

Gripping and historically informative

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Loved everything about this book. I’m recommending it to my friends as well as family.

The readers of this marvellous book did it justice. I read the story a while ago but hearing it brought it to life for me.

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This was an impactfull story, it left me in awe and melancholic about life in general. Beautifully written. Bringing forward a historically accurate time, now passed. A Jewel on the shelf.

A Beautiful Moving Piece of Historic Art

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Beautifully vivid descriptions of people and places. Mitchell really builds up a detailed picture of each situation yet it never feels laboured. The story story starts off settled in place and focuses on a small cast of characters. However as it develops the story moves more quickly. The twists, turns and side plots are unpredictable and engrossing. Ultimately this is a profoundly enjoyable and moving story. One which will linger with this listener a long time.

Vivid detail and a man's story that twists and turns unpredictably

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Mitchell is a masterful writer and in this he surpasses even himself. A few slow parts in the narrative that then take shocking revelations and make the reader’s investment well worthwhile!

One of Mitchell’s most masterful

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Extraordinary recreation of the non-European world. Missed a written dramatis personae and Japanese-Dutch language detail. Thanks.

Magnificent Jacob de Zoet

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