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When the powerful Lord Takeda’s soldiers sweep across the countryside, killing and plundering, they spare the boy Taro’s life and take him along with them. Taro becomes a servant in the household of the noble Lord Akiyama, where he meets Togan, a cook, who teaches Taro and makes his new life bearable. But when Togan is murdered, Taro’s life takes a new direction: He will become a samurai, and redeem the family legacy that has been stolen from him.
- Sales Rank: #53651 in Books
- Brand: Sandpiper
- Published on: 2005-09-12
- Released on: 2005-09-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.63" h x .68" w x 5.13" l, .55 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 256 pages
Review
"A riveting tale for teens who like adventure infused with an ancient historical flavor." Booklist, ALA
“To enter THE SAMURAI'S TALE is to immerse oneself completely in sixteenth-century Japan, when powerful warlords struggled for supremacy. Seldom does a historical novel evoke the mood, color, and soul of an era as skillfully as this one does. . . .THE SAMURAI'S TALE, poetic yet unflinching, is excellent.” Boston Herald
About the Author
Erik Haugaard was born in Denmark and has traveled extensively in the United States, Italy, Spain, and Japan. Called "a writer gifted in the art of the storyteller" by the BOSTON GLOBE, he is internationally known for his accomplishments as a playwright, poet, and translator. He has won critical acclaim for his books for young readers, including A BOY'S WILL, THE UNTOLD TALE, and CROMWELL'S BOY.
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"I shall begin my tale on that day when I lost not only my father, but my mother and my two older brothers as well . . . In the morning of that day my name had been Murakami; I was a bushi, a knight’s son whom every woman in the village would fondle and spoil. Before the sun set I had been given the name Taro, a servant’s name, and I was of no more importance than that name implied."
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By cxlxmx
A Samurai's Tale is a juvenile novel that has the potential to please adults. It is not really a coming-of-age story, but does trace the life of an orphan from a boy to a young adult. Events in the boy's life are set against and entwined with the historical background of the samurai of Kai province during the last years of Takeda Shingen's life, and so covers some of the same ground as the Kurosawa film Shadow Warrior. The character is the son of one of Uesugi Kenshin's samurai and is brought to work in the stables of a Takeda clan general following a battle. Eventually, the boy works up from the stables to become one of the general's trusted samurai, and the book ends on something of a cliff-hanger after the famous battle of Nagashino.
The book is unquestionably a juvenile novel and lacks graphic violent or sexual content. The storyline is essentially episodic and lacks complexity, such as subplots, beyond the historical background material. The writing is mostly centered on action and dialogue without much attention to description, and the prose is slightly simplistic. However, despite all that, it turned out to be a fairly engaging book. The author lived in the area where the events are set, and an attempt was clearly made to keep the story grounded in time and place. Written in the first person in the form of a memoir, it might have been easy to lapse into anachronism, but instead the author has done a good job of creating a believable character who has reactions and outlook appropriate to (a) a relatively sensitive and reflective boy, living in (b) feudal Japan. To me, the book feels like the kernel of a great epic story. The boy's inner life, judgement, and narrative voice are balanced and appealing enough that a great number of scenes, plot elements, and descriptive passages could have been kneaded in.
The negative reviews of this book on Amazon are mostly from young students who found the end particularly boring. This is interesting because the latter part of the book is where historical events come to the fore, and the author spends more time on the character's attempts to navigate the labyrinth of manners and duties expected of him due to his social position. For me, this was where the book became most interesting, and it was the beginning chapters, recounting friendships and adventures, that left me cold.
No one would mistake this book for great literature, and it's also not vapid entertainment. So, what is the point? I'm not sure. As the boy attempts to become worthy of being appointed as a samurai, he idealizes and adopts the mores of his culture, in turn developing into an honest and self-reliant, yet not naive or shallow, adult. Despite this moralistic bent, I am interested enough in the characters and plot to coninue with the sequel, The Boy and the Samurai. Also, one can never have enough versions of Chushingura, so the author's will get added to my collection.
Of note, before the 2005 Sandpiper edition of this book, there was a 1984 paperback edition by Houghton Mifflin that I can't find now son Amazon. As some childrens' books are revised (i.e., censored) these days for ideological reasons, I would try to get the 1984 version if possible. I can't imagine what would be objectionable in the original, but I can't imagine changing objectionable books to begin with, so who knows.
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A Teen's review
By Manja Arnold
This story displays a large cast. Being an ambitious young orphan, Taro hopes to follow his late father's footsteps and become a samurai. Fortunately, Taro has numerous mentors throughout his life, including a cook, a messenger and even a servant. While serving his lord as the distributor of rations Taro meets a young girl and immediately falls in love with her. This tale of a boy who struggles to achieve the highest military rank takes in a war torn Japan during the golden age of the samurai.
As the story progresses the reader follows the hero through his varied adventures. When a rival family kills his mother and siblings are killed, Taro is spared because of his bravery which is prominent throughout the story. He starts out a lowly cook's boy but later goes on to become a stable boy, messenger, and guardian / distributor of the armies rations. While Taro is the cook's helper, his mentor teaches him to be content with who he is and what he is doing as long as it is morally correct. However, Taro continues to strive to become a samurai.
(spoiler!!!)
Taro achieves his life goal. His name is changed. He engages in combat. the young man is very pleased with these knightly privileges. Sadly, his best friend dies in battle, and so Taro learns to respect life. After his lord is vanquished, Taro is reduced to rags , but when the story takes a final turn he forgets his sad state.
This is an enjoyable book. Being equally educational and pleasurable the reader is drawn into Taro's world. It is a typical life story with several subplots, making it hard to follow the main story line. Unfortunately, the reading is slow at times but mostly this story action-packed and not easy to put down.
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