by Takashi Matsuoka · EDB FICCION · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466611060
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«El honor del samurái» is the historical novel by Takashi Matsuoka, published by EDB Ficción in hardcover (448 pages, in Spanish).
In 1861, after two centuries of isolation, Japan opens to the West, and American missionaries Emily Gibson and Matthew Stark meet the samurai Genji, heir to the Akaoka clan and endowed with a prophetic gift; the friendship between them arouses the suspicion of other clans and leads Genji into a conflict of intrigues and betrayals alongside the geisha Heiko.
First installment of the Samurai series, originally published in English as Cloud of Sparrows and translated by Fernando Edelmiro Mateo.
Novel for fans of historical fiction and samurai stories, with action, intrigue, and romance.
Cloud of Sparrows (2002) is the first historic novel by author Takashi Matsuoka featuring the struggle of Genji, the young Great Lord of Akaoka, in the year 1861. This is only six years after Japan opened to the West and features three American missionaries who become involved with Genji, notably, Emily who hopes to find solace in Japan and build a church and Matthew, a product of the American West who seeks revenge.
