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Shipwrecks by Yoshimura, Akira, 1927-2006; Ealey, Mark is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Shipwrecks about?

Isaku is a nine-year-old boy living in a remote, desperately poor fishing village on the Japan Sea coast. To save the family from starvation, his father has sold himself into indentured servitude, leaving Isaku and his strong-willed mother to care for three younger children. Forced to grow up well before his time, Isaku is faced with a number of mysteries, not least among them his own nascent sexuality and the legend of O-fune-sama - the merchant ships that wreck offshore from time to time, providing the village with unexpected bounty: rice, wine, and rich, unheard-of delicacies. The villagers catch barely enough fish to subsist on, and distill salt from seawater to sell to other villages. But this industry serves another, more sinister purpose: they hope the fires of the salt cauldrons will lure passing ships toward the shore and onto rocky shoals. When a ship runs aground, they slaughter the crew and loot the cargo. As the end of his father's bondage approaches - the day Isaku has been waiting for - a ship founders on the rocks, and the villagers rejoice. But its cargo is not at all the manna of their hopes.

Who reads Shipwrecks?

Author

Yoshimura, Akira, 1927-2006; Ealey, Mark

Publisher

Harcourt Trade Publishers

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780151002115

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, History

Rating

3.96 / 5 (32 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13