The Blue Wolf

A Novel of the Life of Chinggis Khan

Inoue Yasushi (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2008
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-14616-6 (ISBN)

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One of the world's most ruthless warriors, Chinggis Khan conquered nearly all of Asia in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, transforming the scattered and impoverished Mongols into an exceptionally proud and powerful nation. In this riveting and thoroughly researched portrait, Japan's celebrated epic novelist drives at the root of the khan's great desires and insatiable appetite for supremacy. Beginning with his birth in 1162, The Blue Wolf follows the crucial alliances that led to Chinggis Khan's great campaigns in North China, Bukhara, and Samarkand, as well as the state of Khorazm. The khan was obsessed with his ancestry, not knowing whether he was the descendent of the blue wolf (mythical progenitor of the Mongols and the noble Borjigin line) or merely the bastard son of a Merkid tribesman. For Inoue Yasushi, Chinggis's ancestral anxiety lies at the center of his relentless push for empire. He struggled with his paternity as intensely as he fought his battles, and his victories stood as proof that the brave warrior was a true Mongol.
The question of paternity also formed the largest wedge between Chinggis and his eldest son, Jochi, a boy born in captivity and of similarly questionable heritage. Hailed for its sophistication and rich imagining of a remote world, The Blue Wolf puts a human cast on a legendary force that changed Asia and the world.

Inoue Yasushi (1907-1991) received numerous awards for his writing, including the prestigious Akutagawa Prize and the Japan Art Academy Award, and he was nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature. His novels include such popular works as The Roof Tile of Tempyo, Lou-Lan, Wind and Waves, and Journey Beyond Samarkand. Joshua Fogel is Canada Research Chair and professor of history at York University in Toronto. He specializes in the history of Sino-Japanese relations and has taught at Harvard University and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Translator's Note Map 1. Earliest Years 2. The Merkid Massacre 3. Overlordship on the Mongolian Plateau 4. Temujin Becomes Chinggis Khan 5. Attack on the Jin 6. Fall of the Jin Dynasty 7. The Destruction of Khorazm 8. Return to Mount Burqan Author's Afterword (1960) Dramatis Personae

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.11.2008
Reihe/Serie	Weatherhead Books on Asia
Übersetzer	Joshua Fogel
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 140 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Historische Romane
ISBN-10	0-231-14616-7 / 0231146167
ISBN-13	978-0-231-14616-6 / 9780231146166
Zustand	Neuware