The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

Author:David Mitchell
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Fiction - General, General, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9780676979299
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Published: 2010-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

' "With Beauty shall you Sleep, on Pleasure shall you Dine,

By the Crane and the Turtle and the Goyo Pine . . ." '

A log cracks open in the hearth and half the women jump.

'The three tokens of good fortune,' says Blind Minori.

'So thought the pawnbroker,' continues Hatsune, 'but to the spruce and bushy stranger he complained that the market was flooded with these Dutch novelties. He asked whether the skull would sing for anyone or just the stranger? In his silky voice, the stranger explained that it would sing for its true owner. "Well," grunted the pawnbroker, "here's three koban: ask for one mon more, and the deal's off." The stranger said not a word but bowed, placed the skull on its box, took his payment and left. The pawnbroker lost no time in deciding how best to turn his magical acquisition into money. He clicked his fingers for his palanquin, and rode to the den of a certain masterless samurai, a dissolute sort of ronin given to strange wagers. Being a cautious man, the pawnbroker tested his new purchase as he rode and ordered the skull, "Sing!" And sure enough, the skull sang,

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