by Akira Yoshimura · Canongate Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781841952215
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«Shipwrecks» is the historical novel by Akira Yoshimura, published by Canongate Books Ltd in paperback (160 pages, in English).
The action takes place on the wild coast of medieval Japan, an environment of poverty and relentless survival. The plot is built around a murder and the retribution it unleashes, with the sea and shipwrecks as a constant backdrop.
Novel originally published in Japanese in 1982 under the title «破船» (Hasen); this English edition dates from 2002.
For readers of historical fiction and translated Japanese literature, with an interest in medieval Japan.
