...us, the vieers, as Blackthorn did in real life, had to deduce the meaning of verbal exchanges from the context of individuals reactions and facial expressions, or from re-phrasing by one of the English speaking characters. Also in 1981, Clavell rote an introduction for The Making of James Clavells Shogun. An illustrated, large format book that relates the trials and tribulations involved Shogun, based in part upon a true story, is a detailed portrait of feudal Japan in the process of becoming a nation-state dominated by one ruler. It depicts the very different attitudes of seventeenth-century Japanese and Europeans toard sex, food, drink, and bathing, and the very different perspectives that allo each to learn from the other. The novel is Clavells finest effort, a forceful, gripping portrait of gradual acculturation e see the European sea captain Blackthorne based upon the real-life HYPERLINK http.jamesclavell.netilliamsadams.htm illiam Adams sloly coming to see the Japanese first as humans, then as equals to Europeans, and finally as superiors. The psychological precision of Blackthornes education and gradual acculturation is one of Clavells most praiseorthy literary achievements, especially since at the end of the novel e come to see Blackthorne, our European stand-in throughout, for hat he really is a pan of a clever arlord, an Englishman limited and bound by fading memories of his former culture in making the miniseries a success.. Shoguns sophistication about the clash of cultures has much to teach modern readers and ould make Clavell an important riter quite apart from his other efforts. Hoever, his striking image patterns, the tensions beteen his personal history as a ar-time prisoner of the Japanese and his urge for fairness, the detailed descriptions that vividly bring to life an historical moment and yet make a modern statement, his masterful control of perception, and, most of all, his in-depth psycho-analytical study of characters distanced by both time and culture yet endoed ith life and spirit make this his finest orkone that deserves closer critical attention than it has received. D4GMopMNRBmHnHphffsHtHajBUmHnHphsHtH6BmHnHphsHtH6B
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