Book summaryIn medieval Japan, a young boy in a fishing village learns about evil when a ship bearing a deadly cargo is wrecked just off the shore. Media reviews"A seamless interweaving of description, characterization, and narrative, and an enduringly powerful image of a vanished time and place. More, please, of Yoshimura." |
Shipwrecksby Yoshimura, Akira; Ealey, MarkFirst Edition, First Printing
Book desription: New York: Harcourt, 1996. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Unread. In this haunting novel set in medieval Japan, Isaku is a nine year old who lives in a poor fishing village on the Sea of Japan, where the legend of O-fune-sama still thrives - the merchant ships that wrecjk off-shore on the rocks and provide the villagers with untold bounties. One day the legend comes true - and the cargo turns out to be deadly.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New.
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