Автор: Clavell James Название: King Rat ISBN: 1982537590 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781982537593 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3447.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Japanese POW camp Changi, Singapore: hell on earth for the soldiers contained within its barbed wire walls. Officers and enlisted men, all prisoners together, yet the old hierarchies and rivalries survive. An American corporal, known as the King, has used his personality and wiles to facilitate trading with guards and locals to get needed food, supplies, even information into the camp. The imprisoned upper-class officers have never had to do things for themselves, and now they are reduced to wearing rags while the King's clean shirt, gained through guts and moxie, seems like luxury in comparison. In the camp, everything has its price and everything is for sale. But trading is illegal--and the King has made a formidable enemy. Robin Grey, the provost marshal, hates the King and all he represents. Grey, though he grew up modestly, fervently believes in the British class system: everyone should know their place, and he knows the King's place is at the bottom.
The King does have a friend in Peter Marlowe, who, though wary of the King and himself a product of the British system, finds himself drawn to the charismatic man who just might be the only one who can save them from both the inhumanity of the prison camp but also from themselves. Powerful and engrossing, King Rat artfully weaves the author's own World War II prison camp experiences into a compelling narrative of survival amidst the grim realities of war and what men can do when pushed to the edge. A taut masterwork of World War II historical fiction by bestselling author James Clavell.
Автор: Clavell James Название: Noble House ISBN: 0385343264 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385343268 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: "Clavell's biggest triumph yet . . . storytelling done with dash and panache . . . a rousing read."--Washington Post
The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are days of high adventure: from kidnapping and murder to financial double-dealing and natural catastrophes--fire, flood, landslide. Yet they are days filled as well with all the mystery and romance of Hong Kong--the heart of Asia-- rich in every trade. . . money, flesh, opium, power. Praise for Noble House "Fiction for addicts . . . extravagantly romantic . . . a book that you can get lost in for weeks . . . staggering complexity . . . not only is it as long as life, it's also as rich with possibilities."--New York Times
"Tremendous entertainment . . . a seamless marvel of pure storytelling."--Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A mesmerizer . . . spellbinding."--Los Angeles Times
"Breathtaking . . . only terms like colossal, gigantic, titanic, incredible, unbelievable, gargantuan, are properly descriptive . . . . Clavell has made himself the king of super-adventure thrillers."--Chicago Tribune Book World
Автор: Clavell James Название: Gai-Jin: The Epic Novel of the Birth of Modern Japan ISBN: 0385343272 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385343275 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Clavell James Название: Tai-Pan ISBN: 0340750693 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340750698 Издательство: Hodder Рейтинг: Цена: 1972.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The bestselling classic set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong repackaged for a new generation of readers.
Автор: Clavell James Название: Gai-Jin ISBN: 0340766174 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340766170 Издательство: Hodder Рейтинг: Цена: 2275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A repackaged edition of the classic brilliantly-written bestseller about the opening up of 19th Century Japan
Автор: Clavell James Название: Noble House ISBN: 0340750707 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340750704 Издательство: Hodder Рейтинг: Цена: 2275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Bestselling James Clavell`s classic novel of age-old feuds played out in modern Hong Kong - now in stunning new packaging.
Автор: Clavell James Название: King Rat ISBN: 0340750685 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340750681 Издательство: Hodder Рейтинг: Цена: 1972.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The completely uncut edition of James Clavell`s classic KING RAT, in fresh new packaging for a new generation of readers
Автор: Clavell James Название: Children`s Story ISBN: 0440204682 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780440204688 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 827.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: It was a simple incident in the life of James Clavell--a talk with his young daughter just home from school--that inspired this chilling tale of what could happen in twenty-five quietly devastating minutes. He writes, "The Children's Story came into being that day. It was then that I really realized how vulnerable my child's mind was --any mind, for that matter--under controlled circumstances. Normally I write and rewrite and re-rewrite, but this story came quickly--almost by itself. Barely three words were changed. It pleases me greatly because I kept asking the questions... Questions like, What's the use of 'I pledge allegiance' without understanding? Like Why is it so easy to divert thoughts? Like What is freedom? and Why is so hard to explain? The Children's Story keeps asking me all sorts of questions I cannot answer. Perhaps you can--then your child will...."
Автор: Clavell James Название: Gai-jin ISBN: 044021680X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780440216803 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 919.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Grand in scope and scale, filled with the richness and passion of two great histories coming together, Gai-jin is the long-awaited sixth novel in James Clavell's magnificent Asian Saga. Sweeping us back to the enigmatic and elusive land of his best-selling Shogun, he weaves an extraordinary tale of Japan, now newly open to gai-jin - foreigners - and teeming with contradictions as the ancient and the modern meet in a clash of cultures, of nations, of generations. It is 1862, and in Japan's Foreign Settlement of Yokohama, reverberations from an explosive act of violence will forever alter - and connect - the lives of the major characters. Malcolm Struan, at twenty, is heir to the title of tai-pan of the most powerful and bitterly contested English trading company in the Orient, the Noble House. Malcolm's fate, and that of his family's legacy, become inextricably intertwined with that of a beautiful young French woman, Angelique Richaud. Desired by many, loved purely and passionately by Malcolm, Angelique will hold the future of the Noble House in her hands. Intricately interwoven into the story of the struggle for control of the Noble House is a powerful parallel story of the Land of the Gods, Japan, a country ripped apart by greed, idealism, and terrorism as groups of young xenophobic revolutionaries, ronin, attempt to seize the Shogunate and expel the hated gai-jin from Japan. One man, Lord Toranaga Yoshi, a direct descendant of the first Toranaga Shogun, attempts not only to protect the Shogunate, but to usher it, and Japan, into the modern age. Amid the brutality and heroism, the betrayals and the stunning romance, a multilayered, complex story unfolds. Here the dark and erotic worldof the pleasure houses - the Ladies of the Willow World, spies, and terrorists - meets the world of pageantry and power - monarchs and diplomats. And here East meets West in an inevitable collision of two equally powerful cultures as James Clavell creates a vibrant and authentic
Автор: Clavell James Название: King Rat ISBN: 0440145465 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780440145462 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 827.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: An uncut edition of a thriller set in Changi, the most notorious prisoner-of-war camp in the Far East, telling of King Rat, just one of a few men who has the wits, luck and strength to survive. From the author of TAI-PAN, SHOGUN, NOBLE HOUSE and GAI-JIN.
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