About the book: 2013 / The end of the 18th century. The young Dutchman Jacob de Zoet sails to Dejima, a Dutch colony in Japan. He needs to earn money - the father of his beloved Anna does not consent to his daughter’s marriage to a poor man. Jacob is sure that he will soon return to his homeland, become Anna’s husband and will remember the years spent in Japan as a small adventure. But fate decreed otherwise - he would have to spend almost his entire life in a foreign land, experience a lot, meet and lose love. Mitchell skillfully weaves together many destinies, filling the world he created with mysterious symbols and colorful details, inviting the reader, along with the hero, to experience all the trials that befell to his share.