Although quintéressé by Japanese culture I'm not particularly attracted to stories of samurai and their code of honor. Despite this, and although the end of the story is more than predictable (Musashi's victory over his great rival and enemy Kojiro) i really enjoyed reading this book of 700 pages that do not bother me one bit.
Still: we sy sometimes lost among the multitude of characters, of events and places; situations have little credibility or appear melodramatic; the characters are caricatures and waives count the number dadversaires the hero passed from life to death.
But the writer's talent is such that he managed to put us on the side of this warrior hero by showing us in a deep humanistic aspect, intellectual brilliance and outstanding strategist then that it lives in an environment quon could be called medieval.
Incidentally JobServe that the editor mentions the "copyright" (right dauteur) not only for the original version and the French translation, but also for the English translation, which suggests that the French translation was made from the English version. It is curious that this is not made clear.
