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560 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780340921586
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Sceptre
Publication date: 13 May 2010
Description
Be transported to a place like no other: a tiny, man-made island in the bay of Nagasaki, for two hundred years the sole gateway between Japan and the West. Here, in the dying days of the 18th-century, a young Dutch clerk arrives to make his fortun...
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Graphic
Medical content, Slavery, ConfinementModerate
Child death, War, RacismMinor
Cannibalism
560 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780340921586
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Sceptre
Publication date: 13 May 2010
Description
Be transported to a place like no other: a tiny, man-made island in the bay of Nagasaki, for two hundred years the sole gateway between Japan and the West. Here, in the dying days of the 18th-century, a young Dutch clerk arrives to make his fortun...
Community Reviews
Moods
adventurous: 73%
emotional: 43%
reflective: 38%
mysterious: 37%
informative: 32%
challenging: 29%
dark: 29%
tense: 23%
sad: 22%
hopeful: 8%
inspiring: 8%
funny: 7%
relaxing: 1%
Pace
Plot or character driven?
Strong character development?
Loveable characters?
Diverse cast of characters?
Flaws of characters a main focus?
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