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The apprentice

The apprentice

by Lewis Libby

1996BlizzardsFictionFiction, thrillersJapan, fictionFiction, thrillers, general
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First lines

On the edge of a ridge removed from the sea lay a small wooden inn half-buried in snow.

On the edge of a ridge removed from the sea lay a small wooden inn half-buried in snow.

About this book

At the turn of the century, a blizzard maroons guests in a mountain inn in Japan. They are an odd lot and include a theater troupe. There is robbery, murder and love. The protagonist is the innkeeper's apprentice. A first novel.

Themes & subjects

BlizzardsFictionFiction, thrillersJapan, fictionFiction, thrillers, general
First published 1996

Setting

Japan

Author

Lewis Libby

First published

1996

Pages

239

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

5

Language

English

Publisher

Graywolf Press

ISBN

9781466855182

Where to buy

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