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Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks | Akira Yoshimura
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Living in a remote, desperately poor fishing village in medieval Japan, nineyearold Isaku becomes the head of the family in his father's absence and, with the villagers, makes a living from luring merchant ships onto the rocky shoals, slaughtering their crews, and looting the cargo. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Shipwrecks | Akira Yoshimura
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To the Slaughterhouse by Jean Giono, Norman Glass (Translation)

Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura, Mark Ealey (Translator)

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LeahBergen Oh, A House in the Country! Are you liking it? 2y
shawnmooney @LeahBergen Oooh it‘s such a Leah book! ❤️ 2y
LeahBergen Well, thankfully I have it on my shelves. 😆 2y
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Shipwrecks | Akira Yoshimura
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One of the most haunting stories I've read in a long time -lost ships, people reliant on the gifts from the sea, and a disease that threatens to devastate an entire village. Beautiful writing from beginning to end.

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