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Originally Posted by GiMpY-wAnNaBe
I've got it somewhere in my house and have been thinking of reading it lately, overview?
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Pretty much
the book that gave insight to the casual American about Japanese ethics. Sure, America may have bombed them and then supported them in the 50's, and that formed somewhat of a link, but the release of Shogun was really a good step towards greater relations between the two countries.
It takes place in Medieval Japan. The main character is John Blackthorne, an English/Dutchman, and it goes through in painful detail the differences between English ethics and Japanese ethics. Like, how in Japan, there is no word for Love, and here Blackthorne is a Christian, and christianity is based on Jesus's "Love one another."
I won't say much more because it's a heck of an experience, and a great long read. 1152 pages of war, of romance, of pervertedness (really, you'll see), of tradition, and of honour. Go read it. Right now.