Synopsis In medieval Japan, a young boy in a fishing village learns about evil when a ship bearing a deadly cargo is wrecked just off the shore.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-06-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 180 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Isaku is a nine-year-old boy living in a remote, desperately poor fishing village on the Japan Sea coast. To save the family from starvation, his father has sold himself into indentured servitude, leaving Isaku and his strong-willed mother to care for three younger children. Forced to grow up well before his time, Isaku must confront a number of enigmas, not least among them is his own nascent sexuality and the secret behind the legend of O-fune-sama--the ships that founder on the shore, bringing manna to the village like a gift from heaven.
Industry Reviews "A seamless interweaving of description, characterization, and narrative, and an enduringly powerful image of a vanished time and place. More, please, of Yoshimura." Patsilelis
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