Comments on: ‘Shogun’ by James Clavell

By: caughtredhanded

caughtredhanded — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:53:15 +0000

Hey! Glad the review got you going for 'Shogun', though I doubt my ridiculous restaurant review had anything to do with it! In fact, that's a dead certainty. Hope you manage to get your hands on a copy, as it is truly a magical work.

By: Kaeru

Kaeru — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:17:42 +0000

Hmm, just before I was to depart for Japan, a friend suggested that I read Shogun. I knew I had an old copy at home that I could bring, but forgot it in the course of cram-packing. Ill give the local library a shot if they have it and have it a go. This sure made it appetizing (hey, must be remnants of your restaurant review past!)

By: caughtredhanded

caughtredhanded — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:48:14 +0000

Yea, you're absolutely correct, 'Gaijin' was also an exceptional book – watch this space on that one..

By: reesan

reesan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:35:30 +0000

Awesome book and great review. Here is a link to the mini-series that was adapted from the book: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080274/. Obviously any adaptation made for TV is never as good as the book though.

I just finished reading one of Clavell's others, Gai-Jin. Another awesome book based upon the Namamugi Incident.

By: caughtredhanded

caughtredhanded — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:42:04 +0000

Thanks Locohama! You're right, this book is awesome. How somebody can weave so many stories together and make them sing like Clavell does is anybody's guess..

By: Locohama

Locohama — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:31:16 +0000

I'm in Japan partially becasue of this book's impact on my imagination…though the real modern Japan is quite different, there are still elements of what Clavell described around. Excellent review of an awesome story. Well done CRH

By: caughtredhanded

caughtredhanded — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:15:17 +0000

Absolutey, and it's a totally amazing story too. Just wait 'til you get to the end, you'll..well, you'll see..

By: Mihai

Mihai — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:53:34 +0000

Still reading the first volume! Great book with plenty of details about the old Japan
Great post- nice details!

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:48:27 +0000

A few months (or years) after you've forgotten most of the details check out the miniseries that was made of this. Good stuff if the book is not fresh in your mind.

By: JapanSoc

JapanSoc — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:28:07 +0000

‘Shogun’ by James Clavell…

Samurais, geishas, ninja, daimyo, emperors, wars, battles, ships, love, romance, intrigue and a whole bag more – it has to be ‘Shogun’ by James Clavell….