Thus begins the most dramatic and moving of Luke Rhinehart’s books. He has woven an exciting story of three samurai and the beautiful woman they each love, trapped by their very virtues into deadly conflict. Oboko is the poet of the wind, a peace-loving student of Zen; Izzi, the lusty, life-loving court poet on his way to serve the great Lord Arishi, a proud samurai who has vowed to kill Matari, who he believes has been unfaithful. When Lord Arishi’s samurai pursue them, Oboko, Izzi and Matari each must choose, with each of their lives in the balance.
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A powerful, exciting yarn. -- All About Books
A strange jewel of a book; it casts lights and shadows although it is simply written as a child’s poem. -- Kilburn Times
A witty pastiche . . . Funny and poetic . . . and beneath it all deadly serious. -- London Sunday Times
An impressive solemn, but sometimes hilarious drama of 18th Century Japan. -- London Sunday Telegraph
A strange jewel of a book; it casts lights and shadows although it is simply written as a child’s poem. -- Kilburn Times
A witty pastiche . . . Funny and poetic . . . and beneath it all deadly serious. -- London Sunday Times
An impressive solemn, but sometimes hilarious drama of 18th Century Japan. -- London Sunday Telegraph
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Oboko finds Matari like a blur of darkness lying in the snow of a blizzard. After he carries her lifeless body into an ancient abandoned temple he is astonished when she opens her eyes. What had seemed a frozen lump of silk is transformed into a beautiful woman. Matari says softly, "I didn’t die."
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American release of Matari from 1975,
By I don't have a pen "ted777" (Somerville, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: White Wind, Black Rider (Hardcover)
Don't really know where the title came from as it certainly didn't clue me in that I was buying a book I already possessed. It appears that the author, or someone with the rights (as Rhinehart is rather elusive) scanned a copy of the original edition and is selling this as a book-on-demand. I would recommend anyone who is really interested in this title to find a used copy of Matari, as this edition is filled with scanning errors which unquestionable detract from the pleasure in reading it. It appears that the edition of "Whim" available at Amazon.com is also printed in the same process, though I haven't purchased that edition. It is still available as "Adventures of Wim" on amazon.co.uk. The book itself is not one of Rhinehart's best, though it is an interesting fairy tale set in an ambiguous eastern land.
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