The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER David Mitchell's novels have captivated critics and readers alike, as his Man Booker shortlistings and Richard & Judy Book of the Year award attest. Now he has written a masterpiece. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is the kind of book that comes along once in a decade - enthralling in its storytelling, imagination and scope. Set at a turning point in history on a tiny island attached to mainland Japan, David Mitchell's tale of power, passion and integrity transports us to a world that is at once exotic and familiar: an extraordinary place and an era when news from abroad took months to arrive, yet when people behaved as they always do - loving, lusting and yearning, cheating, fighting and killing. Bringing to vivid life a tectonic shift between East and West, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is dramatic, funny, heartbreaking, enlightening and thought-provoking. Reading it is an unforgettable experience.

Title - The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

Edition -

Author - David Mitchell

ISBN 13 - 9780340921579

Imprint - Sceptre

Publisher - Hodder & Stoughton

Date Published - 13/05/2010

Prize -

No. of pages - 480

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 154 x 36 x 232mm

Weight - 628 g

Languages - English