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020    9781628727845 
020    1628727845 
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050 14 PS3608.E2355|bS26 2016 
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092    813.6000 
100 1  Healey, John J.,|eauthor. 
245 14 The samurai of Seville :|ba novel /|cJohn J. Healey. 
264  1 New York :|bArcade Publishing,|c[2016] 
300    261 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    In 1614, twenty-two Samurai warriors and a group of 
       tradesmen from Japan sailed to Spain, where they initiated
       one of the most intriguing cultural exchanges in history. 
       They were received with pomp and circumstance, first by 
       King Philip III and later by Pope Paul V. They were the 
       first Japanese to visit Europe and they caused a 
       sensation. They remained for two years and then most of 
       the party returned to Japan; however, six of the Samurai 
       stayed behind, settling in a small fishing village close 
       to Sanlúcar de Barrameda, where their descendants live to 
       this day.Healey imbues this tale of the meeting of East 
       and West with uncommon emotional and intellectual 
       intensity and a rich sense of place. He explores the 
       dueling mentalities of two cultures through a singular 
       romance; the sophisticated, restrained warrior culture of 
       Japan and the baroque sensibilities of Renaissance Spain, 
       dark and obsessed with ethnic cleansing. What one culture 
       lives with absolute normality is experienced as exotic 
       from the outsiders eye. Everyone is seen as strange at 
       first and thenwith growing familiarityis revealed as being
       more similar than originally perceived, but with the added
       value of enduring idiosyncrasies. 
648  7 1600-1699|2fast 
650  0 Samurai|vFiction. 
650  7 Samurai.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01104697 
651  0 Spain|xHistory|y17th century|vFiction. 
651  0 Seville (Spain : Province)|vFiction. 
651  7 Spain.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204303 
651  7 Spain|zSeville (Province)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01330620 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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