{"product_id":"the-samurai-of-the-red-carnation-9781782279693","title":"The Samurai of the Red Carnation","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn irresistibly winning romantic historical adventure, set in medieval Japan and tinged with fantasy, revolving around the art of \u003ci\u003ewaka\u003c\/i\u003e poetry \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A charming, magical, picaresque journey through medieval Japan, filled with mystery, meaning and wonderful imagery\" -- Sean Lusk, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatsuo is expected to be a samurai, like his father before him. But as he is training in the art of war, he realises he was destined for a different art altogether. Turning his back on his future as a warrior of the sword, he decides instead to do battle with words, as a poet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus begins a story of intrigue and adventure, passion and betrayal. Matsuo's quest to find his true self, and his true love, takes him across medieval Japan, through bloody battlefields and burning cities. But his ultimate test will be the \u003ci\u003euta awase \u003c\/i\u003e- a tournament where Japan's greatest poets engage in fierce verbal combat for the honour of victory, and where Matsuo will find himself fighting for his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Samurai of the Red Carnation\u003c\/i\u003e is both a thrilling, swashbuckling adventure and a sensitive meditation on love and poetry. Denis Thériault, is known for his award-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman\u003c\/i\u003e, which also made extensive use of original poetry in Japanese styles and which won the author the Japan-Canada Book Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenis Thériault\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author, playwright and screenwriter living in Quebec. He has long been fascinated by Japan, and Japanese poetry in particular. Haikus were central to his \u003ci\u003eThe Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman\u003c\/i\u003e, which was an international bestseller, translated into sixteen languages across the world, won the Japan-Canada Book Prize and was selected for the Radio 2 Book Club in the UK. \u003ci\u003eThe Samurai of the Red Carnation\u003c\/i\u003e once again revolves around traditional Japanese verse, and is set during the medieval golden age of poetry in Japan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouise Rogers Lalaurie \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and translator from French, whose translations include Louise Mey's \u003ci\u003eThe Second Woman, \u003c\/i\u003eFrédéric Dard's \u003ci\u003eThe King of Fools\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Inspector of Strange and Unexplained Deaths\u003c\/i\u003e by Olivier Barde-Cabuçon. Her work has been shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award, the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature and the Crime Writers Association International Dagger.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51384379015442,"sku":"9781782279693","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5221f0f8-d0b9-47fd-8353-963399dae934.jpg?v=1750172712","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-samurai-of-the-red-carnation-9781782279693","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}