
The Pure Land
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The Pure Land relives in fiction the arc of Glover's true-life rise and fall, and forges a hundred-year saga that culminates in the annihilation of Nagasaki in 1945.
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His imagination is given full rein but this never clouds his instinctive understanding of the contradictions of the human condition. It is a glorious finale to a very fine novel. * * Sunday Herald * * Edinburgh writer Spence, whose accolades include Scottish Writer of the Year in 1995, tells how in 1858 Glover left Aberdeenshire for Nagasaki, where he went on to build a business empire and become a key figure in Japan's industrialisation. * * Financial Times * *More details
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- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Chapter One: The Gateless Gate
- Chapter Two: The Known World
- Chapter Three: Guraba-San
- Chapter Four: Silk And Tea
- Chapter Five: Alchemy
- Chapter Six: Ronin
- Chapter Seven: Night Journey
- Chapter Eight: Flower Of Kagoshima
- Chapter Nine: Burning Bright
- Chapter Ten: Brig O'Balgownie
- Chapter Eleven: Daimyo
- Chapter Twelve: Meiji
- Chapter Thirteen: Maki
- Chapter Fourteen: Hot Ginger And Dynamite
- Chapter Fifteen: Form Is Emptiness
- Chapter Sixteen: One Fine Day
- Chapter Seventeen: The Pure Land
- Night Boat: A Preview
- Acknowledgements
- Also By Alan Spence
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