New York: Random House, (2010). First edition - The fifth novel by the author of the Man Booker finalists "Cloud Atlas" and "Number9 Dream." Set in 1799 on Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, an artificial island which is the Japanese Empire's sole window onto the world, and the farthest outpost of the Dutch East Indies Company. Among his many awards, Mitchell has been selected as one of the best young British authors by Granta. 469 pp.