The Diamond Chariot

The Diamond Chariot (Russian: Алмазная Колесница, the Russian term for the "Diamond Vehicle" (kongōjō) school of Tantric Buddhism) is a historical mystery novel by internationally acclaimed Russian detective story writer Boris Akunin, published originally in 2003. It is the tenth novel in Akunin's Erast Fandorin series of historical detective novels. As with all of the other Fandorin novels, The Diamond Chariot was hugely successful in Russia, selling out its first printing of 200,000 copies in a week.^[1]

The Diamond Chariot is available in English since September 2011 from Orion Books, tranlsated by Andrew Bromfield.

The novel consists of two volumes. In the first one, Dragonfly-Catcher—set in Russia during the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Fandorin is charged with protecting the Trans-Siberian Railway from Japanese sabotage. In the second volume, Between the Lines—set in Japan in 1878 and 1879, the story of Fandorin's arrival and life in Yokohama is told, including the encounter with his servant Masa and finding a Ninjutsu teacher.

The first volume is structured as a haiku, with each chapter corresponding to a syllable, while in the second part, a haiku is placed at the end of each chapter.

Adaptation

• In 2012, the author, Boris Akunin has announced in his own blog that the book will be adapted into TV Series, that will be produced by Central Partnership. Sergey Ursulyak is set to direct the series.

References

1. ↑ A champion for the bourgeoisie: reinventing virtue and citizenship in Boris Akunin's novels | National Interest, The | Find Articles at BNET.com

External links

• Etext, in Russian, of The Diamond Chariot
• Review

Works by Boris Akunin Erast Fandorin series The Winter Queen The Turkish Gambit Murder on the Leviathan The Death of Achilles Special Assignments The State Counsellor The Coronation She Lover of Death He Lover of Death The Diamond Chariot Jade Rosary Beads All the World's a Stage The Black City Nicholas Fandorin series Altyn Tolobas Extracurricular Reading F.M. Falcon and Swallow Sister Pelagia series Pelagia and the White Bulldog Pelagia and the Black Monk Pelagia and the Red Rooster The Genres Project The Children's Book The Spy Novel Science Fiction Quest Bruderschaft with Death series An Infant and a Deamon The Torment of a Broken Heart The Flying Elephant The Children of the Moon Other works Comedy/Tragedy Fairy Tales for Idiots The Seagull Yin and Yang Adaptation Azazel (2002) The Turkish Gambit (2005) The State Counsellor (2005) Pelagia and the White Bulldog (2009) The Winter Queen (2012) Spy (2012) The Diamond Chariot (2014) Bellona (2014) The Decorator (2014)