{"product_id":"the-last-samurai-9780676973259","title":"The Last Samurai","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Last Samurai\u003c\/strong\u003e by Dewitt, Helen. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780676973259.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of a single mother, Sibylla, who comes from a long line of frustrated talents, and her son Ludo, who just happens to be a genius. Obsessed with the film The Seventh Samurai, she makes it a running backdrop to Ludos childhood. At five Ludo learns ancient Greek, reading Homer as they travel round and round on the London Underground, teaches himself Hebrew, Arabic, Inuit, probability theory, astronomy, and is moving on to Japanese when he decides to embark on the search for his father - preferably the perfect father in the heroic mould, or at the very least, one with samurai virtues. He is bound for disappointment, and to find out more than he needs about his mothers shaky past. And at the heart of this completely delightful, captivating novel is the boys changing relationship with his mother - contradictory, touching, and tender.\n\nFull of linguistic pyrotechnics, fabulous learning, philosophy, science, and the workings of a brilliant mind, this is a must-read novel for everyone who relishes language, extravagant ideas, game theory, science, parenthood, not to mention Kurosawas cinematic masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Knopf Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45113188253749,"sku":"ByrdShop_0676973256","price":226.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780676973259_826e5cb3-cfcc-4db3-a134-37e32d18de3e.jpg?v=1776446606","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-last-samurai-9780676973259","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}