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title: "The Last Samurai"
brand: "helen dewitt"
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# The Last Samurai

**Brand:** helen dewitt
**Price:** KD 11.18
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Last Samurai by helen dewitt
- **How much does it cost?** KD 11.18 with free shipping
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The Last Samurai

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Masterful and entertaining novel
  

*by M***L on Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2008*

Although much has been said already in the glowing reviews this book has justly gotten, I want to add my own voice to the chorus of praise. Helen De  Witt's late debut (it's not polite to point out a lady's age but one can say most writers debut quite earlier than she did) is one of the most entertaining novels I have read in a long time.The book is about Sybilla, an American single mother eking out an existence in London as a transscriber of old magazines while at the same time trying to deal with having a miraculously smart child, Ludo. Since Ludo lacks a father, she raises him on countless viewings of Akira Kurosawa's masterwork "The Seven Samurai", as well as spending her little income on buying second-hand books on languages, physics, astronomy and other subjects. Ludo masters all these things at a shockingly young age; so much so in fact that his short attempt to attend an actual school is a dismal failure. As he grows up though, Ludo wants to find out who his father is, hoping to find a rolemodel in him as well as a support for his often despondent and potentially suicidal mother, for whom "boredom is a fate worse than death".The book traces Ludo's quest for his father and the various odd and over the top characters that he considers, while at the same time describing the intense bond between a single mother and her son. De Witt's writing is highly inventive and original and makes maximal use of page layout and changes in pace and style, without this becoming a gimmick like it does with Danielewski. Although the mother Sybilla is unabashedly based on herself, the way De Witt captures the mind of the strong-willed wunderkind is definitely the best characterization in the book, and this alone makes it worth reading. Add to that the solid structure of the book (I don't understand why some reviewers found this meandering, when it's more compact and structured than most famous 19th century novels put together), the inspiring erudition of the various interludes on linguistics, foreign lands, physics, astronomy, and Kurosawa, and finally the unpredictability and novelty of the book as a whole, and you have a definite masterpiece. If it is true that a writer's first book is usually one of their weaker ones, then we have a enormous talent in Helen De Witt.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great book
  

*by A***E on Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2024*

I have a hard time writing a review for this book because it was way too smart for me, but I loved it

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Out, standing in her field
  

*by M***X on Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2022*

It would be ridiculous for me to attempt in 20 words what the world has not done in 20 years.Ok, sorry, that was flippant and probably unhelpful to folks deciding whether to invest time in reading "The Last Samurai" (or perhaps trying to decide whether to buy it as a gift for someone).  I like this book.  I like it so much that I have given away a half-dozen copies to various friends and family.  I like it so much that I have re-read it five or six times myself.I like it for its unflinching treatment of depression and related psychological illness in loved ones.  I like it for its unorthodox protagonists.  I like its twisted take on The Hero's Journey.  Actually, trying to think of something about this book I *don't* like, I'm coming up short.It doesn't mention Linux, at all.  (But then, it's not really much about computers.  And it was written before I'd even installed Mandrake for the first time.  So, it's totally unfair to hold such a triviality against the author.)Who is this book for?  I would say, it's for "effete intellectual snobs", and friends of said.  And it's for people who think the world would be better if we did a better job of *not* discouraging the curiosity of children.Who is this book *not* for?  I would say, it's not for the kind of political leaders who win their elections with 99.9% of the vote of their adoring public.  And it's not for the people who think that the world would be better with more tyranny.  (And it's probably not a great choice for people with logophobia.)

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