Shibumi

Trevanian's novel has not ceased to be a bestseller since its first publication in the United States and has become a classic and cult work in its genre. It not only offers the listener excellent literature, but it is also a novel that can truly change your life. Nikolai Hel, who appears in the text gradually - slowly and suddenly, drastically and miraculously, comically and sadly, has only one goal in life - shibumi. A spiritual state that Western languages are far from having the right words to describe, let alone understand. And who lacks any understanding at all is a transnational criminal organization that has the running of the world in its clutches. Nikolai became her target. A former assassin who has to leave his quiet Basque mansion and his lover's arms and plunge into a bottomless swamp of intrigue, ambushes, corruption and lies. Maybe even so, through the world-class mud and filth, he will manage to make it to the shibumi. Trevanian's novel (Shibumi, 1979) has been a bestseller since its first publication in the United States and has become a cult classic in its genre. It not only offers the listener excellent literature, but it is also a novel that can truly change your life. Trevanian is the pseudonym behind which a university professor of history hides, which explains the range of historical events and details described, the political context and perspectives, the philosophical depth and the geographical and temporal breadth of scope worthy of a modern Renaissance artist.