Ilha de exilados

Island of Exiles AuthorI. J. ParkerCountryJapanLanguageEnglishGenreHistory, mysteryPublisherPenguin Group20072007Media typepaperbackPages398ISBN978-0-14-311259-4OCLC86172963813/.6 22LC ClassPS3616.A745 I85 2007Preceded byBlack Arrow (internal chronology) Followed byThe Hell Screen (internal chronology)

Em Island of Exiles é um romance de detetive de 2007 por I. J. Parker. A história segue Sugawara Akitada, que é designada por dois funcionários sombrios para investigar o envenenamento fatal na colônia penal na ilha de Sado do príncipe exilado e desonrado. O suspeito é filho do governador local, os funcionários pensaram que ele poderia ter sido enquadrado como parte de uma trama traidora. Akitada é forçada a realizar uma investigação disfarçada, assumindo o disfarce de um condenado condenado a exílio na ilha. Torna -se uma tarefa perigosa, pois os condenados na ilha foram tratados "mais baratos que a sujeira", escravos descartáveis ​​para trabalhar nas minas.

Locais abordados no romance

Sadoshima (佐渡島) : Sado Island in the Sea of JapanSawata (佐和田) : A town on Sawata Bay (佐和田湾).Mano (真野) : Main port city and provincial capital on Sawata Bay.Minato : Village between Lake Kamo (加茂湖, Kamo Ko) and the northeast coast (modern Ryotsu).Tsukahara (塚原) : Village by the Ogura River near the southern mountains, where Prince Okisada had his residence.Temple of the True Lotus : A Buddhist temple and monastery a mile up the mountain from Tsukahara.Echigo : Northern province of Japan, located in modern Niigata. Known as "snow country".

Dramatis personae

Prince Okisada - an older brother of the current emperor. He was exiled after failing to overthrow the incumbent ruler.Taira Takamune - devoted tutor of Prince Okisada who followed him into exile.Professor Sakamoto - retired professor of classics. He moved to Sado Island to write its history.Mutobe Toshikata - Governor of Sado Island.Mutobe Toshito - Son of the governor.Shunsei - A young Buddhist monk at the monastery of Temple of the True Lotus, and a lover of the prince.Yoshimine Taketsuna - New exile arrival at Sado.Jisei : Prisoner released from digging "badger holes".Haseo : Taciturn prisoner with a scarred back. Not originally from the lower classes.Ogata : Alcoholic physician and coroner.Wada : Local police authority.Yamada : Superintendent of the prison and "Valuables Office".Masako : Yamada's daughter, childhood beau of Toshito.Shijo Yukata : Head of the provincial archives.Genzo : A scribe at the archives.Ribata : A mysterious nun with a secret past.Osawa : Tax inspector.Kumo Sanetomo : Local landowner and appointed high constable of Sado island.Kita : Kumo's mine foreman.Takao : Landlady of Minato Inn who got Osawa's attention.Haru : Owner of lake restaurant named Bamboo Grove, famous for dishes from fresh catches by her husband.Nakatomi : Prince's physician.Taimai : Crippled porter.Oyoshi : Sister of Taimai, hostel keeper and mother of many children.Little Flower : Prostitute with stunted growth.Ikugoro : Wada's sergeant of constables.