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FREE GAI-JIN: THE THIRD NOVEL OF THE ASIAN SAGA PDF James Clavell | 1232 pages | 02 Dec 1999 | Hodder & Stoughton General Division | 9780340766170 | English | London, United Kingdom Gai-Jin - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Gai-Jin by James Clavell. The heir to the magnificent English trading company, the Noble House…the direct descendant of the first Toranaga Shogun battling to usher his country into the modern age…a beautiful young French woman forever torn between ambition and desire … Their lives intertwine in an exotic land newly open to foreignersgai-jin, torn apart by greed, idealism, and terrorism. Their p The heir to the magnificent English trading company, the Noble House…the direct descendant of the first Toranaga Shogun battling to usher his country into the modern age…a beautiful young French woman forever torn between ambition and desire … Their lives intertwine in an exotic land newly open to foreignersgai-jin, torn apart by greed, idealism, and terrorism. Their passions mingle with monarchs and diplomats, assassins, courtesans and spies. Get Gai-Jin: The Third Novel of the Asian Saga Copy. Paperbackpages. Published April 3rd by Dell first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Gai-Jinplease sign up. Hey everyone, I just wanted to ask is it necessary to read the books in order? Are they connected? It adds a nice background …more Not absolutely necessary, but it's worth to read this novel after reading the Shogun and Tai-Pan, as it's a sequel of both. It adds a nice background for some of the characters who are frequently mentioned in this novel. See 2 questions about Gai-Jin…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Gai-Jin Asian Saga, 3. Jul 24, Jeffrey Keeten rated it liked it Gai-Jin: The Third Novel of the Asian Saga historical-fictionscotlandthe-japanese. They are perched precariously on the edge of the Islands in a small town where ongoing negotiations with the Japanese are taking place. The traders have a loose alliance between themselves but also continue to jockey for the best opportunities. There is gold. There is coal. Fortunes could be made. The Struans are in Japan, represented by the heir apparent Malcolm. He is the descendent of the great Dirk Struan, who built a shipping empire out of nothing but his own grit, ambition, and strong will. Dirk, though long dead, is a constant presence in the lives of the family. Every decision they try to make is weighed and measured against the interpretative wisdom of the ghost of Dirk Struan. Malcolm is not yet 21, the age set by Dirk that a man must reach to become Tai-pan. While on an outing with friends, Malcolm is attacked by ronin shishi Samurais and seriously wounded. This unleashes a storm of incriminations back and forth between the British representatives and the Japanese. The British navy are actually in port protecting the business interests of the traders. They are on the verge of a war with the Japanese, but cooler heads realize that they only have to wait for the Japanese to start fighting each other. There are two storylines: one follows the Gai-jin foreign community, and the other follows the political battle that is taking place among the Japanese. These stories become entwined as the Japanese are forced to do business with the Gai-jins because they need their cannon, rifles, and ammunition as they prepare for the internal struggle for power that is about to begin. Lord Toranaga Yoshi, Guardian of the Heir, is trying to be the king maker. The Shogun is a young boy, and the Emperor is a distant figure. The government is weak, and there are too many powerful, ambitious samurai who are ready Gai-Jin: The Third Novel of the Asian Saga fill the power vacuum. Yoshi survives several assassination attempts just as he orders assassinations against his rivals. He makes alliances that he knows are a slender reed blowing in the wind. He needs Gai-jin weapons, and he needs them before his enemies can obtain them for themselves. Malcolm has become infatuated with the beautiful Angelique Richaud. He is recovering from his wounds and frustrated that he cannot be the man he once was. Thank God for that, he thought, much of his rage evaporating. But true. So the question remains, is Angelique a 10 in Paris or is she a 10 just on the shores of Japan? Many of the men have permanent concubines, as well. Their lust is a source of exploitation for the Japanese. The Japanese prostitutes, who work in places with such enticing names as The Floating World, are disappointed with sex with the Gai-jin men. The men are only interested in first position, commonly referred to as missionary style. These women, well versed in every conceivable variation of sex, never get a chance to show the skills they have been taught or to have Gai-Jin: The Third Novel of the Asian Saga opportunity to introduce the men to Baiting the Hen, Cherry Blossom Time, Near and Far, Over the Dragon, Springtime Planting, or Stealing the Honey. Unfortunately, James Clavell does not offer definitions or explanations for what each of these intriguingly named acts would entail. I appreciated the excitement that was created in the community when one of the men obtained something more precious than gold. I long for the days when books ruled supreme before the internet, video games, TV, and movies became the preferred forms of entertainment for most people. In this edition, James Clavell provides a character list in the back of the book with a short description for each person. Because I read this over a longer than normal period of time, it was nice to be able to easily refresh my memory by taking a peek at the list. Clavell has never managed to create characters as compelling as Dirk Struan and May-May in the novel Tai-pan. Tess Struan, the mother of Malcolm, comes Gai-Jin: The Third Novel of the Asian Saga closest, but she is in Hong Kong for the entire period covered by this book. She is a tough, determined, compelling woman, often referred to as The Hag, who is completely allied with Struan despite her blood relation to the Brocks. I never did warm to Culum or Malcolm; both are pale comparisons to Dirk. Both felt the pressure of trying to live up to their illustrious ancestor. I have high hopes that Ian Dunross, the Tai-pan of Struans in the book Noble House, will finally provide me with the strong willed, smart, cunning character I so adored in Dirk Struan. I did break one of my unwritten rules by watching the miniseries based on Noble House before reading the book. Despite my issues with the characters and the length of the book, I still enjoyed the journey. The intrigue developing between the Japanese and the constant friction between two diametrically opposed cultures kept the pages turning. As Angelique wraps Malcolm around her little finger, we can see a showdown coming between the beauty and the hag. View all 9 comments. Now I know why I didn't like this book as well - no strong central character. Here there isn't one. I don't know who to pin my hopes on. Gai-Jin: The Third Novel of the Asian Saga never really Gai-Jin: The Third Novel of the Asian Saga, but I it could have had some cuts without losing too much. It's very much an immersion in the times, but 2 cultures, not just the single one of Shogun. I was waiting for the end, hoping things would wrap up. I think this book Gai-Jin: The Third Novel of the Asian Saga have been better as a trilogy with some closure in the final book. Yes, that much was left. I don't have much tolerance for extra words. Both men are masters of their trades. I read the rest of Clavell's Asian Saga well before maybe a decade? I didn't really miss Gai-Jin: The Third Novel of the Asian Saga. While I'm happy to have given it another shot, especially in this format, if I ever do another re-read of the series, I'll probably skip it. The Asian Saga - Wikipedia Gai-Jin Japanese for "foreigner" is a novel by James Gai-Jin: The Third Novel of the Asian Sagachronologically the third book in his Asian Sagaalthough it was the last to be published. Taking place about 20 years after the events of Tai-Panit chronicles the adventures of Malcolm Struanthe son of Culum and Tess Struanin Japan. The story delves deeply into the political situation in Japan and the hostility Westerners faced there, and is loosely based on the Namamugi Incident and the subsequent Anglo-Satsuma War. The story opens with a fictional rendition of the Namamugi Incident. Canterbury is killed, Malcolm Gai- Jin: The Third Novel of the Asian Saga wounded, and Tyrer receives a minor arm injury; only Angelique escapes back to Yokohama unharmed to get help.
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