Author: Takashi Matsuoka
Narrator: Jennifer Van Dyck
Abridged: 10 hr 5 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 08/09/2004
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
It is interesting how people react differently to books, just like people. When I finished "Autumn Bridge" I felt as if someone had just died. There was a moment during which I actually felt empty and wanted to grieve. I felt the same way after reading "Cloud of Sparrows", yet when I started to read......more
I read "Cloud of Sparrows" when I was a teenager and it had been my favorite book since that day. When I found out that there was a secuel I felt like I had to read it almost as a matter of life or death. And when I finally got it I found myself getting scared. I didn't want to get disappointed by th......more
If James Clavell's "Shogun" had been as good as "Cloud of Sparrows," I might have finished reading it. I am serious. "Cloud of Sparrows" is the story of Lord Genji, a Japanese noble who allows Western missionaries to come to his domain. One member of each generation in his family has the gift of proph......more
A worthy sequel to Cloud of Sparrows, Autumn Bridge fills in the few big gaps left by the previous book. Though it's difficult to say what truly constitutes the present of the narrative in Autumn Bridge, we are also introduced to a slew of new characters, past, present, and future. Perhaps that's th......more