Jishin Jishin

Jishin

Lives Shattered, Love Discovered amid the Great Tokyo Quake

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Publisher Description

In 1923, one of the greatest natural disasters ever recorded struck one of the most densely populated areas in the world. In Jishin, author Lee Riordan recreates this calamity, the Great Kanto Earthquake, providing both stirring adventure and touching romance.

This book vividly describes the shaking and shuddering of the quake itself, during which thousands died, as much of the cities of Tokyo and Yokohama collapsed around their inhabitants. In the ensuing fires, many more perished as insatiable flames tore through the cities, destroying property and life. This gripping historical novel retells the story of the terrible quake that took over 140,000 lives.

Jishin is also the story of Tatiana, the Russian countess, and Hugh, the American professor, who discover their love for one another against the backdrop of this destruction. The author built his tale on the recollections of Tatiana and Hugh, who were his parents, providing the book with an authenticity that gives it unusual poignancy and realism.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2011
13 September
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
280
Pages
PUBLISHER
Tuttle Publishing
SELLER
Perseus Books, LLC
SIZE
1.7
MB
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