Musashi

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by Eiji Yoshikawa

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Musashi is a novel in the best tradition of Japanese story telling. It is a living story, subtle and imaginative, teeming with memorable characters, many of them historical. Interweaving themes of unrequited love, misguided revenge, filial piety and absolute dedication to the Way of the Samurai, it depicts vividly a world Westerners know only vaguely.

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It is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within.

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It is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within.

— Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi