Anyone Read December 6 ??

**Uncle Frank** · Sep 12, 2004, 20:13

It's by Martin Cruz Smith who also wrote Gorky Park.
I'm only half way through it and it holds my attention which is hard these days. It gives a lot of insite into how people felt in Japan before the Pearl Harbor attack, and what life was like then in Japan.It reminds me a little of Last Samuri, in that the main character is an American. I got my copy on the bargin hard cover table, only $5 bucks.I'd recommend it to anyone interested in Japanese history.

Frank

2 thumbs up!

sadakoyamamura · Sep 15, 2004, 08:39

reading novels and I certainly will give that book a try. Thanks!

I would also like to recommend James Clavell's SHOGUN. Its a book set in medieval Japan. The main character is also of foreign origin, a European navy captain who was called Anjin-san when he came to Japan. The book presents among other things contrasting attitudes towards way of life, the Japanese one and the European one. I got my book through a used books shop for about $1.50.

Its a really good read and I was touched by the story as a whole.

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Uncle Frank You SPAM/We BAN ! Join Date: May 21, 2003 Location: State of Maine Age: 59 Posts: 6,715	Anyone Read December 6 ?? It's by Martin Cruz Smith who also wrote Gorky Park. I'm only half way through it and it holds my attention which is hard these days. It gives a lot of insite into how people felt in Japan before the Pearl Harbor attack, and what life was like then in Japan.It reminds me a little of Last Samuri, in that the main character is an American. I got my copy on the bargin hard cover table, only $5 bucks.I'd recommend it to anyone interested in Japanese history. Frank 2 thumbs up! __________________ TAKE WHAT I SAY WITH A GRAIN OF SUGAR !! I USED TO BE FUNNY, BUT MY WIFE HAD ME NEUTERED!

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sadakoyamamura Danshaku Sadako Join Date: Dec 30, 2003 Location: Desktop Posts: 212	I love... reading novels and I certainly will give that book a try. Thanks! I would also like to recommend James Clavell's SHOGUN. Its a book set in medieval Japan. The main character is also of foreign origin, a European navy captain who was called Anjin-san when he came to Japan. The book presents among other things contrasting attitudes towards way of life, the Japanese one and the European one. I got my book through a used books shop for about $1.50. Its a really good read and I was touched by the story as a whole. __________________ That posterity may know we have not loosely through silence permitted things to pass away as in a dream. � Richard Hooker

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