{"product_id":"the-book-of-five-rings-a-graphic-novel-9781611800128","title":"The Book of Five Rings: A Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA graphic novel retelling of the classic martial arts manifesto on swordsmanship, strategy, and winning--by the legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This graphic novel version of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Five Rings\u003c\/i\u003e, the iconic book of confrontation and victory by the famed seventeenth-century duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi, illuminates this brilliant manifesto, which has long inspired martial artists and anyone interested in cultivating a strategic mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With evocative drawings and a distilled but faithful text adapted by acclaimed manga writer Sean Michael Wilson, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Five Rings\u003c\/i\u003e comes alive both as a guide to swordsmanship and strategy, and as a view into Musashi's world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSEAN MICHAEL WILSON is a comic book writer from Scotland, living in Japan. He has had many books published with a variety of US, UK, and Japanese publishers, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Five Rings\u003c\/i\u003e, and edited the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eAX: alternative manga \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Best Books of 2010\" in comics). In 2016, his book\u003ci\u003e Lafcadio Hearn's \"The Faceless Ghost\" and Other Macabre Tales from Japan\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the prestigious Eisner Award. And in 2017, his book \u003ci\u003eSecrets of the Ninja \u003c\/i\u003ewon an International Manga Award from the Japanese Government.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493003432210,"sku":"9781611800128","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b96a913a-2cd3-4e54-8137-354da22c89ba.jpg?v=1730621203","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-five-rings-a-graphic-novel-9781611800128","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}