The Last Samurai

"Ludo, age six, is a prodigy. His mother, Sibylla, raises him alone and tries hard to keep his voracious intellect satisfied, while she struggles to make ends meet. With her exasperated guidance, he teaches himself Greek, so that he can read The Odyssey, before moving on to study Hebrew, Arabic, Inuit, and Japanese. And both Sibylla and Ludo share a passion for Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, which they watch repeatedly, absorbing its lessons of samurai virtue. Soon Ludo embarks on a quest to find his father, and approaches seven men to test their mettle. Each of them - prominent, powerful, or flawed in his own way - has to rise to a unique challenge.". "The Last Samurai is full of stories of remarkable exploits, snatches of Greek poetry, passages of Icelandic legend, and ingenious math problems. But it also has a rare emotional depth, as Ludo's search for a father, or even a man heroic enough to be his father, gradually reveals a new and unexpected dimension of love. And at the book's heart is the relationship between mother and son, which is moving and memorable in its fusion of solidarity, frustration, and tenderness."--BOOK JACKET. One Of The Most Remarkable & Acclaimed Novels To Appear In Many Years Follows A Child Prodigy On The Quest For His Real Father. Wildly Funny, Startlingly Original & Unforgettably Moving. Annotation. Now In Paperback, The Last Samurai Is Full Of Stories Of Remarkable Exploits, Tables Of Japanese Grammar, Snatches Of Greek Poetry, Passages Of Icelandic Legend, And Ingenious Math Problems. It Is Also The Tale Of A Six-year-old Child Prodigy's Search For A Father, Or Even A Man Heroic Enough To Be His Father. Helen Dewitt. A child prodigy with a talent for languages and an insatiable thirst for knowledge, Ludo shares with his single mother, Sibylla, an obsession with Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, absorbing its lessons in Samurai virtue, and embarks on a quest to find his father, approaching seven men to test their worthiness. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. Den enlige Sibylle og hendes hyperintelligente søn Ludo forlyster sig med Kurosawas film "De syv samuraier" når de ikke studerer alverdens sprog. Ludos søgen efter en faderfigur trækker paralleller til filmen Sibylla and her prodigy son Ludo love Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, and this film prompts Ludo to try to find his father There are 60 million people in Britain.