Ebook {Epub PDF} The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

 · A magnificent mix of luminous writing, prodigious research, and heedless imagination, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is the most impressive achievement of its eminent author. Fiction Historical Fiction Japan Historical. pages, Hardcover. First published .4/5(K).  · Book Review: 'The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet' by David Mitchell Stories about sober, upstanding Dutch trading clerks on assignment Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.  · How David Mitchell Brings A 'Thousand' Historical Details To Life The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a complex, historical novel set on a Dutch trading post in late 18th century Japan Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.

With "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet," David Mitchell has traded in the experimental, puzzlelike pyrotechnics of "Ghostwritten" and "Number9Dream" for a fairly straight-ahead. Mitchell's new novel, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, splits the thematic and stylistic differences between his previous two books, combining Cloud Atlas' fascination with history and the. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. By: David Mitchell. Narrated by: Jonathan Aris, Paula Wilcox. Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins. Unabridged Audiobook. Categories: Literature Fiction, Genre Fiction. out of 5 stars. (2, ratings) Add to Cart failed.

David Mitchell’s historical novel about a Dutchman in Edo-era Japan is an achingly romantic story of forbidden love. In The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, he harnesses that plenitude into a more traditional form, a historical novel set in Japan at the turn into the 19th century, when the island nation was almost entirely cut off from the West except for a tiny, quarantined Dutch outpost. Jacob is a pious but not unappealing prig from Zeeland, whose self-driven duty to blurt the truth in a corrupt and deceitful trading culture, along with his headlong love for a local midwife, provides the early engine. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. Random House. Used - Good. Bargain book!.