Shogun (Asian Saga)

from neddludd

One of the best novels I've ever read. Over 1,000 pages long, and it could have used another thousand. I've read it through twice, at different times in my life. It is such a multi-layered tale. An English explorer washes up onto the coast of 17th-century Japan and is introduced to a whole new wa...

from salol

This book can only be described in one word: epic. Without a doubt one of the best books I have ever read. I literally could not stop reading this book once I started. I was up until 3 or 4 in the morning every night reading, and I read through every meal. This book has been classified as a roman...

from PMaranci

When I was a teenager my father had a heart attack. He survived, thank goodness, and is still fine these many decades later. But while he was bedridden and convalescing, our neighbors brought all sorts of books over to help him pass the time. They were mostly best-sellers of the time; books that ...

from miyurose

If you've never read this, I highly recommend it. It's definitely a major time-investment (it took me over 3 weeks to read), but well worth it. Clavell has created an intricate portrait of early 17th century Japan, from the perspective of both insiders and outsiders. And you learn almost immediat...

from Radaghast

Epic is the first word that comes to mind when reviewing this novel. Shogun is over a thousand pages long. Yet amazingly Clavell kept me completely enthralled even as I read the final page. I'm not sure a book like this could be written today. Clavell takes you on a long journey, and you have to ...