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Key ideas from the book
- The story is set in 1799 on Dejima, a restricted Dutch trading outpost in Nagasaki Harbor.
- Jacob de Zoet arrives with a financial goal tied to his plans to marry in Holland.
- His meeting with Orito Aibagawa changes the course of his stay.
- The novel depicts the pressures and conflicts within a small community of foreigners in Japan.
- Readers interested in historical fiction can explore a carefully researched setting shaped by Dutch trade and Japanese restrictions on foreign contact.
About The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
In 1799, Jacob de Zoet arrives at Dejima, the artificial island in Nagasaki Harbor that serves as Japan’s restricted port and a foothold for the Dutch East India Company. A devout clerk, he hopes to make enough money during his five years in the East to marry his wealthy fiancée in Holland.
Jacob’s plans shift after he meets Orito Aibagawa, daughter of a samurai doctor and a midwife to the city’s magistrate. Their encounter unfolds amid the island’s confined foreign community, where commerce, duty, and personal desire come into uneasy conflict. David Mitchell’s historical novel offers readers an intricately researched setting in Japan at the end of the eighteenth century, and will appeal to those interested in literary fiction and stories of cross-cultural encounters.
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