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Shibumi is a novel published in 1979, written in English by Trevanian, a pseudonym of Rodney William Whitaker. [1]Shibumi is set in the 1970s and details the struggle between the "Mother Company", a conspiracy of energy companies that secretly controls much of the western world, and a highly skilled assassin, Nicholai Hel.
Shibui (渋い) (adjective), shibumi (渋み) (subjective noun), or shibusa (渋さ) (objective noun) are Japanese words that refer to a particular aesthetic of simple, subtle, and unobtrusive beauty. [1] Like other Japanese aesthetics terms, such as iki and wabi-sabi, shibui can apply to a wide variety of subjects, not just art or fashion. [2]
Satori, published in 2011, takes place in the 1950s, two decades before the 1970s action of real-world predecessor Shibumi. Unlike in Shibumi Nicholaï Hel is not presented as a man who has already established himself within the world of espionage. Instead he is a just a prisoner who acts out of necessity when he gets an unexpected chance to ...
With the Shibumi Shade, you won't have to worry about a strong gust of wind ripping it out of the sand and blowing your shade across the shore, but it needs at least 3 mph of wind to stay aloft ...
The sports streaming game has a new player: DirecTV. The TV provider is launching MySports, a sports subscription streaming service with 40 channels including ESPN, Fox Sports, and the NFL Network.
The Texans vs. Chargers game will begin at 4:30 p.m. ET. There will be no additional pregame coverage of the contest on Nickelodeon, as the movie "Trolls" will be shown on the network in the lead ...
"Elaborately written, using a very extended vocabulary, based on a sound knowledge in history and geopolitics, switching easily from pessimism to wry humor, Shibumi is more than a mere thriller, and may be compared to other works such as Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty-four and Fahrenheit 451 dealing with dystopia" . T.y.
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