| Shibumi Contributor(s): Trevanian (Author), Barrett, Joe (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786179376 ISBN-13: 9780786179374 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $97.20 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: June 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.94" H x 7" W x 6.4" (0.92 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, and raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished and highly paid assassin. Genius, mystic, master of language and culture, Hel's secret is his determination to attain a rare kind of personal excellence, a state of effortless perfection--shibumi. Now living in an isolated mountain fortress with his magnificent Eurasian mistress, Hel faces his most sinister enemy, a super-monolith of espionage and monopoly. The battle lines are drawn: ruthless power and corruption on one side, and on the other, shibumi. |
Contributor Bio(s): Barrett, Joe: - Joe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award-winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials. Trevanian: - Trevanian (Rodney Whitaker, 1931-2005) was the bestselling author of Shibumi, The Eiger Sanction, The Loo Sanction, The Main, The Summer of Katya, and Incident at Twenty-Mile. He was also an educator in communication and dramatic arts and wrote nonfiction books under his own name. His books have been translated into more than fourteen languages. |