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Nicholai Hel, the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished and highly paid assassin faces his most sinister enemy, a super-monolith of espionage and monopoly. The battles lines are ruthless power and corruption on one side and on the other, a state of effortless perfection--shibumi.
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First published January 1,1979
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0 pages, MP3 CD
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October 1, 2005 by Blackstone Audiobooks
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9780786181117
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0786181117
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English
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Nicholai Hel
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Rodney William Whitaker was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved bestseller status, and published under several other names, as well, including Nicholas Seare, Beñat Le Cagot, and Edoard Moran. He published the nonfiction book The Language of Film under his own name.
Between 1972 and 1983, five of his novels sold more than a million copies each. He was described as "the only writer of airport paperbacks to be compared to Émile Zola, Ian Fleming, Edgar Allan Poe, and Geoffrey Chaucer." Whitaker adamantly avoided publicity for most of his life, his real name a closely held secret for many years. The 1980 reference book Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers listed his real name in its Trevanian entry.
Between 1972 and 1983, five of his novels sold more than a million copies each. He was described as "the only writer of airport paperbacks to be compared to Émile Zola, Ian Fleming, Edgar Allan Poe, and Geoffrey Chaucer." Whitaker adamantly avoided publicity for most of his life, his real name a closely held secret for many years. The 1980 reference book Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers listed his real name in its Trevanian entry.
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"Όπως θα ξέρεις, το σιμπούμι αφορά την ιδιαίτερη φινέτσα που κρύβεται κάτω από το κοινότοπο και το τετριμμένο. Είναι μια αλήθεια τόσο ισχυρή που δεν χρειάζεται να διατυπωθεί με έντονο τρόπο, τόσο συγκινητική που δεν χρειάζεται να είναι όμορφη, τόσο αληθινή που δεν χρειάζεται να είναι πραγματική . Σιμπούμι σημαίνει να καταλαβαίνεις, όχι να γνωρίζεις. Είναι μια κατάσταση εύγλωττης σιωπής. Στην συμπεριφορά ενός ανθρώπου μπορούμε να το διακρίνουμε ως μετριοφροσύνη δίχως το στοιχείο της σεμνοτυφίας. Στην τέχνη, όπου το πνεύμα του σιμπούμι παίρνει τη μορφή του σάμπι, σημαίνει κομψή απλότητα • κάτι που είναι διατυπωμένο σύντομα και με απόλυτη σαφήνεια. Στη φιλοσοφία, όπου το σιμπούμι εμφανίζεται ως γουάμπι, εκφράζει μια πνευματική γαλήνη η οποία, όμως, δεν είναι παθητική • σημαίνει να είσαι χωρίς το άγχος να γίνεις. Και στην προσωπικότητα ενός ανθρώπου, είναι…. πώς να το πω; Κύρος χωρίς δεσποτικότητα; Κάτι τέτοιο." (Σελ.126)
Δυστυχώς το Σιμπούμι δεν έχει την ατμόσφαιρα της "Λεωφόρου", ούτε οι ήρωες του είναι κάτι που μπορείς να αισθανθείς οικείο, παρόλα αυτά τους συμπαθείς και τους νοιάζεσαι. Είναι ένα πυκνογραμμένο μυθιστόρημα, αρκετά αργόσυρτο χωρίς ιδιαίτερη πλοκή. Η γραφή όμως του Τρεβανιάν σε κάνει να το διαβάζεις ευχάριστα.
Δυστυχώς το Σιμπούμι δεν έχει την ατμόσφαιρα της "Λεωφόρου", ούτε οι ήρωες του είναι κάτι που μπορείς να αισθανθείς οικείο, παρόλα αυτά τους συμπαθείς και τους νοιάζεσαι. Είναι ένα πυκνογραμμένο μυθιστόρημα, αρκετά αργόσυρτο χωρίς ιδιαίτερη πλοκή. Η γραφή όμως του Τρεβανιάν σε κάνει να το διαβάζεις ευχάριστα.
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A nice read. It is one of those good books that you have to read at least once.
English: https://elifthereader.com/books/shibu...
Türkçe: https://kitaplikkedisi.com/kitaplar/s...
English: https://elifthereader.com/books/shibu...
Türkçe: https://kitaplikkedisi.com/kitaplar/s...
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Üniversite yıllarımda okumuş ve çok etkilenmiştim, otuz beş yıl sonra okuma keyfi ise bambaşka...
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Doğu felsefesine meraklı olan biri için enfes bir kitap. Kurgu ile birlikte bilgileri almanızı sağlıyor. Akıcı bir anlatımı ve olağan dışı karakterleri ile kitaba bağlanmamak mümkün değil. Kitaplığıma renk katan kitaplardan oldu.
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The name reminded me of a Samurai and of what he would have faced during a life time of combat. There can be parallels to this idea in this book but what it is in reality is a totally different beast. Trevanian creates an elaborate joke which scorns at the 'Super Assassin' genre in Shibumi.
Shibumi in simple English means Casual Elegance tells the author. A way of life which in itself sets the dudes aside from the dunderheads. The story is about a man named Nicholai Hel who the author repeatedly reminds us for about 75% of the pages is the most formidable assassin ever. A mystic, a sexually hyper charged alpha male, able to kill with bare hands, world renowned underground cave explorer, well read and a polyglot with a command of over seven languages, able to think in mathematical abstractions owing to his refined state of play in the Japanese game of Go etc. Yes, I am talking about one man and he is not a computer. The back story fills a big chunk of the book and then for about a hundred pages we are given the details of how he discovers an underground cave. Being an assassin, his core competency is examined in roughly about 15 pages towards the end.
For a man of such fine tastes, the way he overcomes his enemies is something that made me blanch. I strongly believe that the final 100 pages of this book was the biggest bunch of hogwash I have ever read in recent times. There is a lot of America bashing in here, Trevanian spares nothing : food,culture,sex,western philosophy, the CIA & even the government is all scorned at. The conclusion : Japan has a kick ass culture & America does not. There are culture comparisons and then there is bitching. A good part of the comments offered here fall into the second category.
For a book that was recommended as a master piece among thrillers, this one was a dud !
Shibumi in simple English means Casual Elegance tells the author. A way of life which in itself sets the dudes aside from the dunderheads. The story is about a man named Nicholai Hel who the author repeatedly reminds us for about 75% of the pages is the most formidable assassin ever. A mystic, a sexually hyper charged alpha male, able to kill with bare hands, world renowned underground cave explorer, well read and a polyglot with a command of over seven languages, able to think in mathematical abstractions owing to his refined state of play in the Japanese game of Go etc. Yes, I am talking about one man and he is not a computer. The back story fills a big chunk of the book and then for about a hundred pages we are given the details of how he discovers an underground cave. Being an assassin, his core competency is examined in roughly about 15 pages towards the end.
For a man of such fine tastes, the way he overcomes his enemies is something that made me blanch. I strongly believe that the final 100 pages of this book was the biggest bunch of hogwash I have ever read in recent times. There is a lot of America bashing in here, Trevanian spares nothing : food,culture,sex,western philosophy, the CIA & even the government is all scorned at. The conclusion : Japan has a kick ass culture & America does not. There are culture comparisons and then there is bitching. A good part of the comments offered here fall into the second category.
For a book that was recommended as a master piece among thrillers, this one was a dud !
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Recommended by a friend back in 1982 -- this was one novel I pickup and read again every few years.
For those that love Robert Ludlum's, "Jason Bourne" character, Nicholai Hel will captivate you for years to come.
For those that love Robert Ludlum's, "Jason Bourne" character, Nicholai Hel will captivate you for years to come.
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