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蒼穹の昴
蒼穹の昴 1
汝は必ずや、あまねく天下の財宝を手中に収むるであろう――中国清朝末期、貧しき糞拾いの少年・春児は、占い師の予言を信じ、科挙の試験を受ける幼なじみの兄貴分・文秀に従って都へ上った。都で袂を分かち、それぞれの志を胸に歩み始めた二人を待ち受ける宿命の覇道。万人の魂をうつベストセラー大作！
304 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
Jirō Asada
229 books27 followersJirō Asada (浅田 次郎, born December 13, 1951 in Tokyo) is the pen name of Kōjirō Iwato (岩戸 康次郎), a Japanese writer.
Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He changed jobs many times while endeavoring to find writing opportunities, submitting his works to literary competitions.
In 1991, his novel Torarete tamaruka! (とられてたまるか!) started his literary career. After writing several picaresque novels, his novel Metro ni notte (地下鉄に乗って) was awarded the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers and made into a 2006 film; a short story collection The Stationmaster and other stories (Poppoya (鉄道員)) was also awarded the Naoki Prize.
He writes not only standard fiction and picaresque novels, but also writes historical and Chinese historical novels such as The Firmament of the Pleiades (Sōkyū no subaru, 蒼穹の昴).
Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He changed jobs many times while endeavoring to find writing opportunities, submitting his works to literary competitions.
In 1991, his novel Torarete tamaruka! (とられてたまるか!) started his literary career. After writing several picaresque novels, his novel Metro ni notte (地下鉄に乗って) was awarded the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers and made into a 2006 film; a short story collection The Stationmaster and other stories (Poppoya (鉄道員)) was also awarded the Naoki Prize.
He writes not only standard fiction and picaresque novels, but also writes historical and Chinese historical novels such as The Firmament of the Pleiades (Sōkyū no subaru, 蒼穹の昴).
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May 10, 2010
It was OK--
Parts of it pulled me in like his other books, but I got a bit lost in the complicated political relations at the court of the Quing dynasty. The formal language the characters use also makes it harder to read.
The story has just begun, however. I'll see if Part 2 offers a better story with the unputdownable ferocity of his other works.
Parts of it pulled me in like his other books, but I got a bit lost in the complicated political relations at the court of the Quing dynasty. The formal language the characters use also makes it harder to read.
The story has just begun, however. I'll see if Part 2 offers a better story with the unputdownable ferocity of his other works.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews