The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell, 479 pages, fition.
One of my favorite books in a year of good reads. Jacob de Zoet had hoped to earn enough money to to marry the woman he loved back in Holland. He signed up to work as a clerk for the Dutch East India Company for five years. The story is set at the turn of the 18th century with most of the story taking place on and around Dejima, an island near Nagasaki. de Zoet fights corruption among his co-workers, and for the love of a Japanese woman. He must give up much that he held dear to save a partof what he loves. This is beautifully written. Mitchell's last book "Cloud Atlas" was a finalist for the Booker Prize, though this one surprisingly only made it to the long list.
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