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now I have read your post and I have read the comments...now I have to put
this onto my must read book list.
posted by
Kabu
on June 22, 2013 at 6:46 PM
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Ciel
It's many years since I read that - maybe I should dig it out again, but I'm having a hard time whittling down my 'must read' list, which keeps growing faster than I can get it down, LOL. By the way, I never watched the series, maybe I should have...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 22, 2013 at 1:44 PM
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Ciel
Bit’s a sensational experience to live a book love. BC-A,Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on June 22, 2013 at 1:11 PM
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Re: Annicita,
I have to wonder what about William Adams struck you as idiotic. I have done a little research which certainly shows him less dramatically than Clavell's Blackthorne, but he did certainly make a substantial contribution to Japanese/English and Dutch relations.
I have written haiku from time to time. I have never tried tanka... Tanka for telling me about it.
posted by
Ciel
on June 22, 2013 at 12:31 PM
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try writing poetry in some of their styles like a haiku or tanka....
shogun was one of my fave miniseries...do you that the actual english captain was more like an idiot? I found that out when doing research on the samurai
there was a movie about an american who falls in love with a japanese performance artist....I really liked that movie but can't find the title for you
posted by
Annicita
on June 22, 2013 at 11:56 AM
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Re: FormerStudentIntern.
I recommend both, in this case. The acting was wonderful, and the script remained true to the book, just not as detailed.
posted by
Ciel
on June 22, 2013 at 9:41 AM
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Re: TAPS,
Shall I send you my copy when I'm done? I bet you'd enjoy it again!
posted by
Ciel
on June 22, 2013 at 9:39 AM
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I too enjoy reading the book as opposed to watching the movie or the television series.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on June 22, 2013 at 9:26 AM
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It's been a long, long time since I read that book, but it made quite an impact on me.
posted by
TAPS.
on June 22, 2013 at 9:21 AM
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