{"product_id":"the-last-samurai-paperback","title":"The Last Samurai - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen DeWitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelen DeWitt's 2000 debut, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Samurai\u003c\/em\u003e, was \"destined to become a cult classic\" (Miramax). The enterprising publisher sold the rights in twenty countries, so \"Why not just, 'destined to become a classic?'\" (Garth Risk Hallberg) And why must cultists tell the uninitiated it has nothing to do with Tom Cruise?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSibylla, 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 \u003cem\u003eSeven Samurai\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693916426303,"sku":"9780811225502","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4cc027442600f7ac0c4f6cb0a4c67bd0.webp?v=1765000378","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-last-samurai-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}