今回も引き続きクレイグ・タールソンさんの作品のご紹介です。前回のレビューにタールソンさんは、英語版はどうやったら読めるんだ？とツイートなさっていたので（フォロワーのケネスさんが翻訳ボタンを教えてあげていました。ありがとう、ケネスさん）英語でのレビューにトライしてみました。
Blurb
In 1185,Shikoku,Japan.Warriors were called "Samurai".
A young samurai was shot by bows to death and gone beyond time and space into 1980 Toronto. He woke to find himself that he transformed into a white guy named Gordon(nickname is Gordo) He struggles the strange world where he arrived but people around him are very supportive. So he survives in the City.
His friend Josh takes him to a club where the bluegrass band performs.Gordo has familiar feelings.Because he remembers when has been transported to this world,this music was being played.On the way to home from the club,Gordo rescues a woman robbed by thugs. Her name is Heather,single mother of a little boy. This incident leads to their acquaintances.
But one day,Gordo encounters a self-proclaimed doctor from the same past to Gordo. The doctor tries to kill Gordo so that the time-space gate opens.Gordo counterattacks the doctor.If Gordo kills the doctor,he might be able to return his own world.However does Gordo really want to go back home? Which world does he choose?
Reveiw
This book expands into a melancholic,dark- edged description of Gordo's emotional palette. In the spirit of Samurai, Gordo has the power of introverts. And his swordsmanship is class act. One of most exciting scenes is Gordo beating up the thugs to protect Heather.I guarantee this scene makes readers feel like watching Kurosawa movies.
However the story is not so much violent or science fictional than I expected. It's considerably more of dramas that focus on characters and their emotional relationships. In case of Heather,she is one of countless souls suffering to make ends meet on a daily basis. Her struggles touch us deeply and the relationship between Heather and her father is heart-wrenching. This sub plot revolves around how the family reacts to a challenge, with the themes of family bonds.
And most impressive scene to me is Gordo and Vera sharing their lonliness each other. Both of them carry pain. Vera from Zimbabwe is also far away from home and not sure when or if she would ever return. This is testament to Terlson's ability as a writer that he is able to wring lyrical despair out of quiet,delicate writing.
In addition,look at the beautiful cover drawn by Terlson himself! What a multi-talented man he is!
Thank you for bringing such an amezing book into the world.
