{"product_id":"the-thousand-autumns-of-jacob-de-zoet-paperback","title":"The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCloud Atlas \u003c\/i\u003e Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2007, \u003ci\u003e Time\u003c\/i\u003e magazine named him one of the most influential novelists in the world. He has twice been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize.\u003ci\u003e The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e called him simply \"a genius.\" Now David Mitchell lends fresh credence to \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e's claim that \"each of his books seems entirely different from that which preceded it.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning departure for this brilliant, restless, and wildly ambitious author, a giant leap forward by even his own high standards. A bold and epic novel of a rarely visited point in history, it is a work as exquisitely rendered as it is irresistibly readable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the \"high-walled, fan-shaped artificial island\" that is the Japanese Empire's single port and sole window onto the world, designed to keep the West at bay; the farthest outpost of the war-ravaged Dutch East Indies Company; and a de facto prison for the dozen foreigners permitted to live and work there. To this place of devious merchants, deceitful interpreters, costly courtesans, earthquakes, and typhoons comes Jacob de Zoet, a devout and resourceful young clerk who has five years in the East to earn a fortune of sufficient size to win the hand of his wealthy fianc e back in Holland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Jacob's original intentions are eclipsed after a chance encounter with Orito Aibagawa, the disfigured daughter of a samurai doctor and midwife to the city's powerful magistrate. The borders between propriety, profit, and pleasure blur until Jacob finds his vision clouded, one rash promise made and then fatefully broken. The consequences will extend beyond Jacob's worst imaginings. As one cynical colleague asks, \"Who ain't a gambler in the glorious Orient, with his very life?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA magnificent mix of luminous writing, prodigious research, and heedless imagination, \u003ci\u003eThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet\u003c\/i\u003e is the most impressive achievement of its eminent author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A page-turner . . .  David] Mitchell's masterpiece; and also, I am convinced, a masterpiece of our time.\"\u003cb\u003e--Richard Eder, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An achingly romantic story of forbidden love . . . Mitchell's incredible prose is on stunning display. . . . A novel of ideas, of longing, of good and evil and those who fall somewhere in between  that] confirms Mitchell as one of the more fascinating and fearless writers alive.\"\u003cb\u003e--Dave Eggers, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The novelist who's been showing us the future of fiction has published a classic, old-fashioned tale . . . an epic of sacrificial love, clashing civilizations and enemies who won't rest until whole family lines have been snuffed out.\"\u003cb\u003e--Ron Charles, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"By any standards, \u003ci\u003eThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet \u003c\/i\u003eis a formidable marvel.\"\u003cb\u003e--James Wood, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A beautiful novel, full of life and authenticity, atmosphere and characters that breathe.\"\u003cb\u003e--Maureen Corrigan, NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Clocks, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, Black Swan Green, Cloud Atlas, Number9Dream, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Ghostwritten\u003c\/i\u003e. Twice shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Mitchell was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e in 2007. With KA Yoshida, Mitchell translated from the Japanese the internationally bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Reason I Jump\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 8.23 x 5.63 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44428029329510,"sku":"9780812976366","price":26.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/0LBS9zvwCX9780812976366.webp?v=1770205832","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-thousand-autumns-of-jacob-de-zoet-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}