
Gai-Jin
The Epic Novel of the Birth of Modern Japan
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John Lee
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James Clavell
The dynamic epic novel of political upheaval and societal change in late 1800s Japan, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell
This epic novel by master writer James Clavell, loosely based on the Namamugi Incident and Anglo-Satsuma War that took place in the late 1800s, is a richly researched, panoramic view of Japan’s budding relationship with the Western powers, its sweeping societal changes, and the political upheaval that followed.
As Malcolm Struan, the son of Culum and Tess Struan, and a small band of Westerners travel down the Tōkaidō road, they are attacked by two Satsuma samurai, who mortally wound John Canterbury and seriously injure Malcolm, who then finds reprieve in the merchant village of Yokohama after a narrow escape facilitated by the unscathed Angelique.
Angelique Richaud, Malcolm’s penniless but beautiful French companion, is thrown into a world of political intrigue, fierce devotion, unstable family dynamics, blackmail, and secrets as the trading houses battle for supremacy.
With a cast of dynamic and fully recognized characters, Gai-Jin spins a tale of passionate love affairs, devastating loss, intense power struggles, and the fight to survive and thrive in a hostile new land that will leave listeners longing for another foray into Clavell’s extraordinary Asian Saga.
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What’s intolerable is the bogus Japanese accent used throughout. The book is old but these readings are not, and portraying Japanese people with a bogus “Kung fu master” dub accent from the 1980s is unbelievably racist. The Japanese is poorly pronounced and obviously read by someone who has never heard a native speak the language. Dialogue between Japanese people presented in English had that weird cadenced breathy vowel, vaguely nasal grunting that was used for all Asians in bad English dubs in the 1980s. Occasionally, the reader slips from the bogus Japanese into a bogus French accent. For a person who speaks Japanese and works in both languages with Japanese people, it’s grating and offensive.
Wow, what a racist Japanese accent!!
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Compared to Taipan and Shogun this was mediocre.
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great book. I'm sad to see it end.
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Awful reading
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In so many ways so much better than a movie
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John Lee's telling of this story was excellent.
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Narration was distracting trying to put all the voices and vernacular in place
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Excellent and riveting
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The reading and acting are superb!
Gotta love Clavell!
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Not as good as Shogun or Tai Pan but still good
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