The last samurai
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Published
New York : New Directions, 2016.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
x, 484 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Sibylla, an American-at-Oxford turned loose on London, finds herself trapped as a single mother after a misguided one-night stand. High-minded principles of child-rearing work disastrously well. J.S. Mill (taught Greek at three) and Yo Yo Ma (Bach at two) claimed the methods would work with any child; when these succeed with the boy Ludo, he causes havoc at school and is home again in a month. (Is he a prodigy, a genius? Readers looking over Ludo's shoulder find themselves easily reading Greek and more.) Lacking male role models for a fatherless boy, Sibylla turns to endless replays of Kurosawa's masterpiece Seven Samurai. But Ludo is obsessed with the one thing he wants and doesn't know: his father's name. At eleven, inspired by his own take on the classic film, he sets out on a secret quest for the father he never knew. He'll be punched, sliced, and threatened with retribution. He may not live to see twelve. Or he may find a real samurai and save a mother who thinks boredom a fate worse than death.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
DeWitt, H. (2016). The last samurai (First New Directions paperback edition.). New Directions.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)DeWitt, Helen, 1957-. 2016. The Last Samurai. New Directions.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)DeWitt, Helen, 1957-. The Last Samurai New Directions, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)DeWitt, Helen. The Last Samurai First New Directions paperback edition., New Directions, 2016.
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