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The thousand autumns of Jacob de Zoet : a novel

The year is 1799 in Dejima, Nagasaki Harbor; the Japanese Empire's single port and sole window onto the world. A de facto prison for the dozen foreigners permitted to live and work there, it is the place where Jacob de Zoet works to make a fortune to win the hand of his wealthy betrothed back in Holland. But, Jacob's intentions are eclipsed after a chance encounter with the daughter of a samurai doctor.

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  • "Thousand autumns of Jacob de Zoet"@pl
  • "1000 podzimů Jacoba de Zoeta"
  • "1000 automnes de Jacob de Zoet"

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  • "The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the Japanese Empire's single port and sole window onto the world, and a de facto prison for the dozen foreigners permitted to live and work there. Here Jacob de Zoet, a devout and resourceful young clerk, has five years to earn a sufficient fortune to win the hand of his wealthy fiancée back in Holland. But Jacob's intentions are eclipsed after a chance encounter with the daughter of a samurai doctor. (Bestseller)."
  • "The year is 1799 in Dejima, Nagasaki Harbor; the Japanese Empire's single port and sole window onto the world. A de facto prison for the dozen foreigners permitted to live and work there, it is the place where Jacob de Zoet works to make a fortune to win the hand of his wealthy betrothed back in Holland. But, Jacob's intentions are eclipsed after a chance encounter with the daughter of a samurai doctor."@en
  • "The exhilarating new novel by 'one of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any country' - Boyd Tonkin, Independent."@en
  • "The number one bestselling novel by 'just about the most audacious, thrilling and, above all, entertaining young British novelist there is' - Observer."@en
  • "A Booker finalist and Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize winner, David Mitchell was called?prodigiously daring and imaginative? by Time and?a genius? by the New York Times Book Review. In 1799, the artificial island of Dejima lies in Nagasaki Harbor as Japan?s outpost for the Dutch East Indies Company. There, Jacob de Zoet has come to make a fortune large enough to return to Holland and marry the woman he loves."@en
  • "Jacob de Zoet, having arrived in Nagasaki Harbor's Dejima in 1799, has intentions to make a fortune in five years and return home to Holland to win the hand of his finacée, but he meets the disfigured daughter of a samurai doctor and finds his plans changing and his life in danger."
  • "Dispatched to the influential Japanese port of Dejima in 1799, ambitious clerk Jacob de Zoet resolves to earn enough money to deserve his wealthy fiancée, an effort that is challenged by his relationship with the midwife daughter of a samurai."@en
  • "Dispatched to the influential Japanese port of Dejima in 1799, ambitious clerk Jacob de Zoet resolves to earn enough money to deserve his wealthy fiancée, an effort that is challenged by his relationship with the midwife daughter of a samurai."
  • "Imagine a nation banishing the outside world for two centuries, crushing all vestiges of Christianity, forbidding its subjects to leave its shores on pain of death, and harbouring a deep mistrust of European ideas."@en
  • "In 1799, the artificial island of Dejima lies in Nagasaki Harbor as Japan's outpost for the Dutch East Indies Company. There, Jacob de Zoet has come to make a fortune large enough to return to Holland and marry the woman he loves."@en
  • "1799, Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor. Jacob de Zoet, a devout and resourceful young clerk, has a chance encounter with Orito Aibagawa, the disfigured daughter of a samurai doctor and midwife to the city's powerful magistrate. The borders between propriety, profit, and pleasure blur until Jacob finds his vision clouded, one rash promise made and then fatefully broken--the consequences of which will extend beyond Jacob's worst imaginings."
  • "The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the Japanese Empire's single port and sole window onto the world, and a de facto prison for the dozen foreigners permitted to live and work there. Here Jacob de Zoet, a devout and resourceful young clerk, has five years to earn a sufficient fortune to win the hand of his wealthy fiance back in Holland. But Jacob's intentions are eclipsed after a chance encounter with the daughter of a samurai doctor."@en

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  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Advance copies (Publishing)"@en
  • "Uncorrected proofs (Printing)"@en
  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Historische Romane und Erzählungen"
  • "Historical novels"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Roman historique"
  • "Adult book club bags"
  • "Roman d'aventures"
  • "Roman britannique"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Verhalend proza"
  • "Historické romány"

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  • "The thousand autumns of Jacob de Zoet : a novel"
  • "The thousand autumns of Jacob de Zoet : a novel"@en
  • "Les mille automnes de Jacob De Zoet"
  • "Les mille automnes de Jacob et Zoet"
  • "The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet a novel"
  • "De niet verhoorde gebeden van Jacob de Zoet"
  • "Yage de qian qiu zhi nian"
  • "The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet : a novel"
  • "The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet : a novel"@en
  • "雅各的千秋之年"
  • "雅各的千秋之年 / : The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet"
  • "Les mille automnes de Jacob de Zoet : roman"
  • "Tisíc podzimů Jacoba de Zoeta"
  • "The thousand autumns of Jacob de Zoet"
  • "The thousand autumns of Jacob de Zoet"@en
  • "Hiljadu jeseni jakoba de Zuta"
  • "Die tausend Herbste des Jacob de Zoet"
  • "Jacob de Zoet'in bin sonbaharı"
  • "Die tausend Herbste des Jacob de Zoet : Roman"
  • "Les mille automnes de Jacob de Zoet"
  • "Tysiąc jesieni Jacoba de Zoeta"@pl
  • "Thousand autumns of jacob de zoet : special edition"@en
  • "Thousand autumns of jacob de zoet"@en
  • "Ya ge de qian qiu zhi nian / : The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet"
  • "Ya ge de qian qiu zhi nian"
  • "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet"@en
  • "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet"
  • "The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet"
  • "The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet"@en
  • "Mil otoños"@es
  • "Mil otoños"

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