by Hisako Matsubara · Maxi-Tusquets · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483105597
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«Samurai» is the novel by Hisako Matsubara, published by Maxi-Tusquets in its Fábula collection in paperback (248 pages, in Spanish).
Hayato, a wealthy Japanese samurai, adopts Nagayuki and raises him according to ancient teachings, then marries him to his daughter Tomiko. When the changing times ruin the family, Hayato sends Nagayuki to America to seek his fortune, armed with his sword and some kimonos. The novel weaves a love story with the passage of Japan from the ancestral to the modern and the slow decline of the old order.
The work was originally published in German under the title «Brokatrausch», translated into Spanish by Luis Ogg, and appeared in 1997 as number 80 of the Fábula collection from Tusquets.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and contemporary fiction with an interest in Meiji-era Japan and the clash between tradition and modernity.
Hisako Matsubara is a Japanese novelist who has published works in German, English and Japanese.
