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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

by David Mitchell
17 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 19 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 9781440787256. $123.75; 2 MP3-CDs. library ed.; Playaway digital (Nov. 15);digital download. F
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Two-time Man Booker Prize nominee Mitchell's fifth novel is an outstanding historical epic that brings to life early 19th-century xenophobic Japan. Divided into five parts, it opens with the title character's stint on the quarantined Dutch outpost of Dejima, where he falls in love with a local midwife who is later sold into service to pay off her late father's debts. British actors Jonathan Aris and Paula Wilcox maintain order amid this swirling narrative populated by myriad colorful characters. Though some of the passages are a bit awkward, this book will nonetheless interest Mitchell devotees and fans of history-based adventures. [The New York Times best-selling Random hc received a starred review, LJ 4/15/10.—Ed.]—Denise A. Garofalo, Mount Saint Mary Coll. Lib., Newburgh, NY
Reviewed by Denise A. Garofalo , Oct 01, 2010
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