An evocative historical novel with a sting in the tail, Shipwrecks is a powerful and deeply moving Japanese classic, introduced by David Mitchell
Exquisitely paced
Haunting
A haunting and beautifully rendered tale of enduring optimism
Has all the turbulent power of the sea
Set against [a] tapestry of near-nihilistic misery, Yoshimura's chiaroscuro touches of hope and love hint at something more profound
Akira Yoshimura was born in 1927. He was the prize-winning, bestselling author of twenty novels and collections of short stories and was the president of Japan's writers' union and a member of International PEN. He died in 2006.