The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet - Tapa dura

"If any readers have doubted that David Mitchell is phenomenally talented and capable of vaulting wonders on the page, they have been heretofore silent. Mitchell is almost universally acknowledged as the real deal. His best-known book "Cloud Atlas" is one of those how-the-holy-hell-did-he-do-it? Modern classics that no doubt is -- and should be -- read by any student of contemporary fiction... ["The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet"] confirms Mitchell as one of the more fascinating and fearless writers alive."
--DAVE EGGERS, COVER OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
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"By any standards, "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet "is a formidable marvel."
--"THE NEW YORKER"
."..underscores Mr. Mitchell’s mastery here not only of virtuosic literary fireworks, but also of the quieter arts of empathy and traditional storytelling."
"—The New York Times
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"Now [Mitchell] startles us again with a rich historical romance set in feudal Japan, an epic

Dispatched to the influential Japanese port of Dejima in 1799, ambitious clerk Jacob de Zoet resolves to earn enough money to deserve his wealthy fiancâee, an effort that is challenged by his relationship with the midwife daughter of a samurai.