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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
18.05 English literature
East and West
Fictional works
Japan, fiction
Japan
Fiction, historical
Historical fiction
Fiction, historical, general
Romans, nouvelles
New York Times bestseller
New York Times reviewed
Large type books
History
Fiction
The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the “high-walled, fan-shaped artificial island” that is the Japanese Empire’s single port and sole window onto the world, designed to keep the West at bay; the farthest outpost of the war-ravaged Dutch East Indies Company; and a de facto prison …
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