The novel was shortlisted for the 2002 International Dublin Literary Award and the Los Angeles Times’ 2001 Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, and was longlisted for the 2001 Orange Prize for Fiction.[11][12][13]
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The Question and Answer section for The Last Samurai is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The Japanese were entrenched in ancient culture and not familiar with the outside world or modern warfare. The Japanese are portrayed as fierce but not a modern army.
When Algren first arrives in Japan, he is cold and detached, an alcoholic, whose only purpose is to train the Imperial Japanese Army. He has little interest in who or what they will be fighting. Over time, however, Algren becomes attached to his...
