The Samurai of the Red Carnation
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1782279695
ISBN-13
9781782279693
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Imprint
Pushkin Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 19th, 2025
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
280 grams
Dimensions
12.80 x 19.80 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Historical fiction
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An irresistibly romantic historical adventure by the author of the international bestseller The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman.
An irresistibly winning romantic historical adventure, set in medieval Japan and tinged with fantasy, revolving around the art of waka poetry
“A charming, magical, picaresque journey through medieval Japan, filled with mystery, meaning and wonderful imagery” — Sean Lusk, author of The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley
Matsuo is expected to be a samurai, like his father before him. But as he is training in the art of war, he realises he was destined for a different art altogether. Turning his back on his future as a warrior of the sword, he decides instead to do battle with words, as a poet.
Thus begins a story of intrigue and adventure, passion and betrayal. Matsuo''s quest to find his true self, and his true love, takes him across medieval Japan, through bloody battlefields and burning cities. But his ultimate test will be the uta awase - a tournament where Japan''s greatest poets engage in fierce verbal combat for the honour of victory, and where Matsuo will find himself fighting for his life.
The Samurai of the Red Carnation is both a thrilling, swashbuckling adventure and a sensitive meditation on love and poetry. Denis Thériault, is known for his award-winning novel, The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman, which also made extensive use of original poetry in Japanese styles and which won the author the Japan-Canada Book Prize.
“A charming, magical, picaresque journey through medieval Japan, filled with mystery, meaning and wonderful imagery” — Sean Lusk, author of The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley
Matsuo is expected to be a samurai, like his father before him. But as he is training in the art of war, he realises he was destined for a different art altogether. Turning his back on his future as a warrior of the sword, he decides instead to do battle with words, as a poet.
Thus begins a story of intrigue and adventure, passion and betrayal. Matsuo''s quest to find his true self, and his true love, takes him across medieval Japan, through bloody battlefields and burning cities. But his ultimate test will be the uta awase - a tournament where Japan''s greatest poets engage in fierce verbal combat for the honour of victory, and where Matsuo will find himself fighting for his life.
The Samurai of the Red Carnation is both a thrilling, swashbuckling adventure and a sensitive meditation on love and poetry. Denis Thériault, is known for his award-winning novel, The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman, which also made extensive use of original poetry in Japanese styles and which won the author the Japan-Canada Book Prize.
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