Shibumi (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

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9788496940123: Shibumi (Spanish Edition)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8496940128 ISBN 13: 9788496940123

Publisher: Roca Bolsillo, 2008

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Nacido en la China de la Primera Guerra Mundial, de madre rusa y padre aleman, y protegido de un maestro japones a quien debe su formacion, Nicholai Hel sobrevive a la destruccion de Hiroshima para convertirse en un habil amante y reputado asesino. Su gran meta es alcanzar un estado de perfeccion llamado shibumi. Ahora, retirado en las montanas del Pais Vasco, Hel se ve obligado a regresar a la vida que creyo dejar atras y a enfrentarse a su mas siniestro y corrupto enemigo: una intriga de espionaje empenada en destruirlo. / Nicholai Hel survived the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as a well paid assassin. He is a mystic genius and attained personal excellence, a state of perfection known only as shibumi. A young stranger is seeking help and refuge, but hes being tracked by his enemy. The battle lines are drawn: ruthless power and corruption on one side, and on the other, shibumi.

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Nicholai Hel is the world's most wanted man. Born in Shanghai during the chaos of World War I, he is the son of an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father and is the protege of a Japanese Go master. Hel survived the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished--and well-paid--assassin. Hel is a genius, a mystic, and a master of language and culture, and his secret is his determination to attain a rare kind of personal excellence, a state of effortless perfection known only as "shibumi.
Now living in an isolated mountain fortress with his exquisite mistress, Hel is unwillingly drawn back into the life he'd tried to leave behind when a beautiful young stranger arrives at his door, seeking help and refuge. It soon becomes clear that Hel is being tracked by his most sinister enemy--a supermonolith of international espionage known only as the Mother Company. The battle lines are drawn: ruthless power and corruption on one side, and on the other . . . "shibumi.

About the Author:

Joe Barrett has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials. He has earned multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards and has been nominated for the prestigious Audie Award. He has narrated books by such authors as Trevanian, Brian Freeman, Don Winslow, and James W. Huston.

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