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Samurai Bridge - A Tale of Old Japan (Paperback)
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Samurai Bridge - A Tale of Old Japan (Paperback)
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List price R442
Loot Price R338
Discovery Miles 3 380
You Save R104 (24%)
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Undoubtedly the most unusual piece of bridge fiction ever
published, Samurai Bridge takes the reader to a remote village in
early 19th century Japan. At first, the characters may seem
familiar -- the heroic masterless samurai (a ronin), the evil town
magistrate, the downtrodden peasants, the tea-house madam with a
heart of gold, and so forth. But soon we realize that these people
are different -- they are all fanatical bridge players, and the
climactic battle between the forces of good and evil will take
place not in the dojo, but at the card table. A host of fascinating
people inhabit this book -- a seductive ghost with her own agenda
for the ronin, a Buddhist monk who finds it hard to relinquish
earthly pleasures, a bathhouse-girl whose humble appearance masks
something much more deadly, an out-of-work actor who has
unwillingly become involved in a complex masquerade, a notary whose
father was bridge professional to the Emperor until he fell out of
favor, and many more. There is plenty of swordplay and romance as
the story moves along, interspersed with philosophical asides on
the Zen of bridge and a fascinating account of bridge as played at
the Imperial court. Sex, violence, mystery, and lots of bridge
hands too, this is Seven Samurai as Charles Goren might have
written it! The book is illustrated throughout with pen and ink
drawings in the classic Japanese style.
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