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Laddar... The Ronin : a novel based on a Zen myth (utgåvan 1973)av William Dale Jennings (Författare)
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"A thunderbolt, full of lightning and excitement, one you won't put down until its last extraordinary page." --The Japan Times The violence of twelfth-century Japan explodes in this half-legendary, half-true story of a violent man who becomes a folk hero. A heartless savage, the Ronin, or "wandering samurai," slashes his way up from the gutter to wealth, honor and status. In spite of his crime sand bloodthirsty cruelty, he bears the strange mark of destiny that the wise see and respect, even as he destroys them. The tale which is told with humor and irony, ranges from the pleasantly colloquial to the brutally satiric, yet never relents in the Ronin's ruthless search for the truth. The storyteller hides nothing and speaks bluntly, yet this jewel-like tale shimmers with tantalizing riddles that will haunt the reader just as they haunted the Ronin. Sure to shock, confound and ultimately inspire readers,The Ronin is loosely based on an ancient legend told to the author by the Zen Master Nyogen Senzaki. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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The language is exquisite, with a dry humor. For example, at one point, the Minor Lord decides that his Lady should have armed protectors, so he goes to the Imperial Ladies' Fencing School, where he spent the next day auditioning advanced students. "His distress receded in copious tea and the special excitement of fighting females. He stayed and stayed, discussing with the Master such proper irrelevancies as the unusually large flights of cranes this season."
It has straightforward descriptions that Victorians would bowdlerize instantly. In the first two pages, the Ronin cuts off two fingers, then the hand, of a rice shop merchant for the temerity of not cowering because the Ronin ate his food and does not intend to pay. Then the Ronin steps outside and pees in the street. He kills a monk who puts him under arrest, then finishes peeing.
For plot, well, we follow a Ronin who is strong, and cruel, and takes what he wants. Then we follow one who would avenge himself upon the Ronin for his cruelty. I cannot talk more of the story, for it would be but my poor retelling of a zen story. It is a short novel, with large print and it was swiftly finished. Fascinating. ( )