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Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

by David Mitchell

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Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Random House Publishing, 2011
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1799: Jacob de Zoet landet auf dem winzigen Eiland Deshima, dem äußersten Handelsposten der Dutch East India Company in Japan. Der junge Angestellte soll Beweise dafür finden, dass der vorherige Vorgesetzte hier Korruption betrieben hat. Während ihm seine Landsleute die kalte Schulter zeigen, gewinnt Jakob das Vertrauen des Dolmetschers und - sehr viel gefährlicher - verfällt einer seltenen Frau, einer Hebamme, der es gestattet ist, beim Arzt der Gesellschaft zu studieren. Er kann nicht vorhersehen, wie verhängnisvoll sie alle von jemanden betrogen werden, dem sie vertrauen und wie weit die Konsequenzen reichen ... The year is 1799, the place Dejima, the "high-walled, fan-shaped artificial island" that is the Japanese Empire's single port and sole window to the world. It is also the farthest-flung outpost of the powerful Dutch East Indies Company. To this place of superstition and swamp fever, crocodiles and courtesans, earthquakes and typhoons, comes Jacob de Zoet. The young, devout and ambitious clerk must spend five years in the East to earn enough money to deserve the hand of his wealthy fiancée. But Jacob's intentions are shifted, his character shaken and his soul stirred when he meets Orito Aibagawa, the beautiful and scarred daughter of a Samurai, midwife to the island's powerful magistrate. In this world where East and West are linked by one bridge, Jacob sees the gaps shrink between pleasure and piety, propriety and profit. Magnificently written, a superb mix of historical research and heedless imagination, "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" is a big and unforgettable book that will be read for years to come.