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Unfortunately, battle sequences are written more for ambitious cinematographers than for readers, and, really, matsuoka doesnt have the weapons to handle the morass hes created. He lives in honolulu, where he was employed at a zen buddhist temple before becoming a fulltime writer. Cloud of sparrows, random house llc, 2002 405 pages. Publication date 2002 topics americans, women missionaries, nobility. Cloud of sparrows by takashi matsuoka, paperback barnes.
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Brilliantly imagined, gloriously written, cloud of sparrows is at once a sweeping historical adventure and a love story of almost unbearable poignancy. Matsuoka vividly describes the warriors of each opposing faction and contrasts their battles against a brilliant landscape, where streams of bright red blood stain the pristine snow. A magnificent adventure in the tradition of james clavells shogun, the journey begins in 1861, when a beautiful american missionary arrives on the shores of edo bay and enters an. Cloud of sparrows is a study of the contradictory nature of the samurai in a time when their world was inexorably moving forward. What commonalities exist between the japanese and american cultures portrayed in the novel. Aug 10, 2018 download autumn bridge author takashi matsuoka. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. And as past and present collide, a hidden history comes to life, and with it a secret prophecy that has been shrouded for centuries, and may now finally be revealed. Buy cloud of sparrows book online at low prices in india.
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