The Blade of the Courtesans
Language: English
Published by Vertical, New York, 2008
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Time Traveler Books, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.Time Traveler Books
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- Title
- The Blade of the Courtesans
- Author
- Ryu, Keiichiro
- Publisher
- Vertical, New York
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1934287016
- ISBN 13
- 9781934287019
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Modern Fiction
The Blade of the Courtesans is at once a quiet ode to human liberties in the face of political warfare and edge-fo-your-seat swordfighitng, a Japanese counterpart to the romantic adventures of the medieval knights whose chivalry is rivaled only by their prowess at battle.
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About the Author
Ryu graduated from Tokyo University with a degree in Buddhist literature and went on to become an assistant professor at Chuo University. During the Second World War he fought in China as an army cadet. Upon returning he filled an editiorial position at Tokyo Sogen Publishing.
Under the alias Ichiro Ikeda, Ryu wrote several screenplays, and when he made his fiction debut with The Blade of the Courtesans, he was nominated for a Naoki Prize, the Japanese equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.
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Time Traveler Books
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