Musashi ha progresado en el Camino de la Espada y sus tempranos éxitos empiezan a hacer de él un espadachín de renombre. Durante su peregrinaje vence a los estudiantes de la prestigiosa escuela Yoshioka de Kyoto, quienes heridos en su orgullo no están muy dispuestos a aceptar su derrota. Musashi es desafiado a un duelo con Seijuro, el joven maestro de los Yoshioka, quien espera poder vengar a su escuela y reestablecer el prestigio perdido… Descubre la vida de Miyamoto Musashi, el más famoso samurai de la historia de Japón. Una extraordinaria novela de aventuras en la mejor tradición narrativa japonesa. Un clásico imprescindible de las letras niponas. Ya puedes disfrutar del primer volumen de los tres que componen esta obra. “Musashi es una saga imprescindible para todos aquellos que busquen un libro de aventuras conmovedor” . Washington Post Book World “Esta brillante aventura de samurais ha vendido más de 120 millones de unidades en Japón. Ahora tenemos la oportunidad de comprobar por qué”. Publishers Weekly “Tiene todo lo que podrías esperar de una saga épica de aventuras”. Jan Morris “Dramática y excitante”. Philadelphia Bulletin “Lo que el viento se llevó de Japón”. Edwin O. Reischauer (Harvard University)
Author
Pen-name of Yoshikawa Hidetsugu. Yoshikawa is well-known for his work as a Japanese historical fiction novelist, and a number of re-makes have been spawned off his work. In 1960, he received the Order of Cultural Merit. Eiji Yoshikawa (吉川 英治, August 11, 1892 – September 7, 1962) was a Japanese historical novelist. Among his best-known novels, most are revisions of older classics. He was mainly influenced by classics such as The Tale of the Heike, Tale of Genji, Outlaws of the Marsh, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many of which he retold in his own style. As an example, the original manuscript of Taiko is 15 volumes; Yoshikawa took up to retell it in a more accessible tone, and reduced it to only two volumes. His other books also serve similar purposes and, although most of his novels are not original works, he created a huge amount of work and a renewed interest in the past. He was awarded the Cultural Order of Merit in 1960 (the highest award for a man of letters in Japan), the Order of the Sacred Treasure and the Mainichi Art Award just before his death from cancer in 1962. He is cited as one of the best historical novelists in Japan.
