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Lädt ... Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter (2013. Auflage)von Richard Parks
Werk-InformationenYamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter von Richard Parks
![]() mom (17) Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. ![]() ![]() I received this book through Netgalley in exchange for a review – thanks to them and the publisher. I love the premise for this book: In Heian Period Japan (something like 794 to 1185), the land is at peace with its neighbors, and prosperous – but the supernatural world is another story entirely. The nights are thick with ghosts and demons, most of them dangerous enough that walking out after sundown is a very bad idea for most. Not for Yamada no Goji, though. He is a demon-queller, an investigator, noble enough to be eligible for hire by greater nobles, but not noble enough to actually have money or position. He would live paycheck to paycheck, if he had a steady paycheck; as it is he lives from job to job, and sometimes takes extraordinarily dangerous jobs simply to get by. Fortunately, he has the assistance (not always eager) of the priest Kenji, who is a priest much in the same way Yamada is a nobleman: in name, mostly. Still, whatever Kenji's faults in the minutiae of devotion (keeping up his tonsure, keeping sober, keeping away from women and sake), he is a powerful exorcist and maker of wards, and therefore an invaluable sidekick for a demon-queller. This isn't a novel, but a collection of stories that constitute a larger story arc. Each story is self-contained, but meshes beautifully with the rest. When Yamada contemplates an empty sake barrel in one story, we know the reason he drained it lies in the first story. I was thoroughly confused when Our Hero instructed someone to call him by a more familiar name, "Goji". "But – Monogatari -?" I thought. What I did not know: according to Wiki: Monogatari "is a literary form in traditional Japanese literature, an extended prose narrative tale comparable to the epic." To Kill a Mockingbird: charmingly, becomes Arabama Monogatari. The writing was excellent; any disappointment I felt that this was not a novel is on me, not the book. I enjoyed the characters – Kenji kind of slipped right in under all defenses – and I'm becoming more and more fascinated by Japanese mythology. I love a good kitsune. This is highly recommended. Also? Great cover. Fantastic book set during the Heian era of Japan, when the world was shared with ghosts, demons, and other monsters. Impoverished nobleman Yamada no Goji is a bit of a demon hunter, a drunk, and a man with surprising insights into life. This compilation of short stories is a wonderful introduction to this world. Hope the planned sequel comes out soon. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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In an ancient Japan where the incursions of gods, ghosts, and demons intothe living world is an everyday event, an impoverished nobleman named Yamada noGoji makes his living as a demon hunter for hire. With the occasional assistanceof the reprobate exorcist Kenji, whatever the difficulty -- ogres, demons,fox-spirits -- for a price Yamada will do what needs to be done, even andespecially if the solution to the problem isn't as simple as the edge of asword. Yet, no matter how many monsters he has to face, or how powerful andterrible they may be, the demons Yamada fears the most are his own! Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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